Capstone is a publisher of children’s books and digital products. Capstone focuses on the educational market. They also sell to the trade market and internationally. Capstone publishes

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fiction Fiction is any creative work, chiefly any narrative work, portraying individuals, events, or places that are imaginary, or in ways that are imaginary. Fictional portrayals are thus inconsistent with history, fact, or plausibility. In a traditi ...

, picture books, interactive books,

audio book An audiobook (or a talking book) is a recording of a book or other work being read out loud. A reading of the complete text is described as "unabridged", while readings of shorter versions are abridgements. Spoken audio has been available in sc ...

s, literacy programs, and digital media. Imprints and divisions include Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Picture Window Books, Stone Arch Books, Red Brick Learning, Capstone Digital, Heinemann-Raintree and Switch Press. Capstone acquired the assets of Heinemann-Raintree library reference from

Pearson Education Pearson Education is a British-owned education publishing and assessment service to schools and corporations, as well for students directly. Pearson owns educational media brands including Addison–Wesley, Peachpit, Prentice Hall, eCollege, ...

in 2008. Heinemann-Raintree has offices in

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and

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. Capstone is based in

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, with additional offices in

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, Chicago, and Oxford. Capstone is part of Coughlan Companies, Inc. Coughlan Companies also includes Jordan Sands, a

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quarry, and fabrication facility.

History

* 1990 Capstone Press acquired * 1991 Capstone Press first titles released * 1998 Pebble brand created * 1999 Capstone creates their first imprint, Compass Point Books * 2001 Capstone creates their second imprint, Picture Window Books * 2002 Red Brick Learning Launched * 2003 FactHound.com Launched * 2004 Pebble Plus launched * 2005 Capstone creates their third imprint, Stone Arch Books * 2007 Capstone Publishers (Capstone) established to unite imprints * 2007 Capstone Interactive Library Launched * 2008 Capstone acquired Heinemann Global Library * 2008 Capstone Launched CollectionWiz * 2009 PebbleGo Launched * 2009 Capstone Digital Launched * 2010 PebbleGo Earth and Science Launched

Imprints

Capstone imprints contain fiction and nonfiction titles. Capstone also has digital products (myON, Capstone Interactive Library, CapstoneKids FactHound and PebbleGo) and services (CollectionWiz and Library Processing). *Capstone Press – publishes nonfiction for grades

preK Pre-kindergarten (also called Pre-K or PK) is a voluntary classroom-based preschool program for children below the age of five in the United States, Canada, Turkey and Greece (when kindergarten starts). It may be delivered through a preschool o ...

-8. *Compass Point Books – publishes nonfiction with a focus on topics such as history, science, biography and careers, grades 5-12. *Picture Window Books – publishes fiction and nonfiction easy readers, picture books and chapter books, grades preK-4. *Stone Arch Books – publishes fiction for grades K–9. *Switch Press – publishes nonfiction, cookbooks, craft and how-to titles, and narrative nonfiction. Historical fiction, fantasy, graphic novels, and poetry for

young adult A young adult is generally a person in the years following adolescence. Definitions and opinions on what qualifies as a young adult vary, with works such as Erik Erikson's stages of human development significantly influencing the definition of ...

reads.

References

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External links

Capstone website
Companies based in Minnesota Book publishing companies based in Minnesota Publishing companies established in 1990 Mankato, Minnesota 1990 establishments in Minnesota