Publisher Profile: Rosen Publishing
The CBC asks Taylor Mortellaro, Marketing Team Lead, questions about the publisher.
How did your publishing house start out?
The Rosen Publishing Group has been providing information to schools and libraries since 1950, when the Rosen family published their first books in New York City.
What is your publishing house most known for?
Rosen has served educators and students PreK–12 with high-interest educational materials for decades. From YA nonfiction guidance books on drug addiction, teen suicide prevention, and job skills to our most recent hi-lo novels addressing life’s most challenging circumstances, Rosen’s purpose has always been to inform, support, and inspire students in the United States and across the globe.
Where in the country is your house based? What do you love about being based there?
Buffalo, N.Y. – We love calling the “city of good neighbors” our home base. There is a deep sense of community and a lot of libraries to visit!
What conventions and conferences does your publishing house usually attend?
ALA, TLA, ISTE, and dozens of other national and regional conferences each year.
How many books does your house aim to publish per season/year?
1,000+ new titles annually across all our companies and imprints.
Which genres does your house prefer to publish?
Curriculum-aligned series nonfiction, hi-lo series nonfiction, and hi-lo verse middle grade and YA novels.
Which formats does your house prefer to publish?
Library, paperback, and eBook editions.
What are some of your house’s publishing priorities over the next few years?
Fiction and nonfiction decodables; high-interest, curriculum-aligned series nonfiction; hi-lo fiction and nonfiction.
Which title has your house recently rallied behind?
The Decodables – a 72-book program that incorporates the research and findings of the Science of Reading.
Which of your frontlist titles would be great for a school or public library?
- Inclusion Matters from the Disability Pride series
- Move with Me: Animal Yoga, Vol. 2
- Caitlin Clark from the GOAT: Women in Sports series, and
- our new SEL picture books, including Climb and Conker the Chameleon
Which of your frontlist titles would be great for a classroom? Which grade?
The Decodables: Code Breakers (10-title sets in both fiction and nonfiction) for grades 2–4.
Which of your frontlist tiles would you like to see get more attention from bookstores?
- Take a Sad Song (a Kirkus STARRED title)
- The Key to Surviving Summer (a JLG Gold Standard Selection)
- The Brujos of Borderland High, and
- Daylan and the River of Secrets (also available in Spanish)
Name a few of your favorite backlist titles that people should check out.
- Sign Me Up, No Place for Fairy Tales (a JLG Gold Standard Selection)
- The Dragon’s Club (a Kirkus STARRED title), and
- Only Pieces (a JLG Gold Standard Selection)
What else would you like to tell us about your house and the amazing work you all do?
The Rosen Publishing Group embraces sharing current information and providing innovative solutions to educators, librarians, and students worldwide. We walk the walk from page to page—and our array of imprints and digital offerings prove just that.
Thank you, The Rosen Publishing Group!
