The Carus Publishing Company, now subsumed into Cricket Media, was a

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with offices in

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and

Peru, Illinois Peru is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 9,896 at the 2020 census, down from 10,295 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ottawa, IL Micropolitan Statistical Area. Peru and its twin city, LaSalle, make up ...

. Its Peterborough office was closed June 30, 2015. Its Peru offices have closed as well, and operations primarily occur in Chicago. It owns the Open Court Publishing Company as well as the Cricket Magazine Group, and Cobblestone Publishing. Open Court is known for their ''Popular Culture and Philosophy'' books, while Cricket and Cobblestone produce a range of children's magazines. Their magazines for children and teens are ''

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Babybug ''Babybug'' is an illustrated magazine of literature and art for children ages 6 months to 3 years. It is published in the United States by The Cricket Magazine Group, a division of Carus Publishing Company, 9 times a year, every month except for ...

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Cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

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''. Carus was founded in 1973 and was acquired by the Canadian company ePals Corporation in December 2011. ePals Corporation was renamed Cricket Media in 2014. Cricket Media was acquired by ZG Ventures in 2016.

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External links

Carus Publishing Company Home Page
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