Holland Publishing PLC is an independent UK

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specialising in children's activity, sticker and colouring books. The company is based in

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. The company was formed in 1980 by husband and wife, Bill and Sheila Holland. The company was one of the first publishers to sell children's books into non-traditional markets such as

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and other supermarkets. Bill Holland died in November 2004, having worked full-time until the age of 74 and with over 60 years experience in the toy and publishing industries. The business is now managed by his son, Jonathan Holland. The company is a member of th
Equitoy Equitoy Trade Association
and is committed to adhere to the association's Code of Conduct. Among the series published by the company are Doodle Design, Learning is Fun, Colouring is Fun, Puzzle Zone and Stickers are Fun as well as children's

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s. Aside from its own list, the company works with many leading UK

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and consumer products companies to create

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books and

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ranges. In November 2008 the company achieved

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(FSC)accreditation. The company has made a clear commitment to prioritising the use of forest-friendly FSC paper in its future publications through its update
Environmental Policy Statement
In March 2009 the company launched it
Little Star Creations
imprint, focusing on licensed products at the

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. In November 2009 it said that its move into licensing would grow its sales by 51% over three years. The company has since won notable new licenses to its Little Star Imprint, including

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, Big and Small,

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Peppa Pig ''Peppa Pig'' is a British preschool animated television series by Astley Baker Davies. The show follows Peppa, an anthropomorphic female piglet, and her family, as well as her peers portrayed as other animals. The show first aired on 31 Ma ...

Mr. Men ''Mr. Men'' is a British series of children's books by English author Roger Hargreaves which began publication in August 1971. From 1981, an accompanying series of Little Miss books by the same author (but with female characters) was published. ...

, Groovy Chick and

A Little Princess ''A Little Princess'' is a children's novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett, first published as a book in 1905. It is an expanded version of the short story "Sara Crewe: or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's", which was serialized in ''St. Nicholas Ma ...

for various products including children's headphones and magnetic height charts.Licensing.biz (November, 2009)
BOYS MONTH: Little Star bags Ben 10.
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