August House

Home to authors Margaret Read MacDonald, Donald Davis, Martha Hamilton, Mitch Weiss, Willy Claflin, Heather Forest, Rob Cleveland, W. Jameson, and Pleasant DeSpain, among others, as well as the award-winning picture-book series Maynard Moose.

• Founded — 1978 • Founders — Ted Parkhurst Jon Looney • Country — United States • Headquarters — Atlanta, Georgia • Distribution — Simon & Schuster • Keypeople — Steve Floyd, CEO Graham Anthony, creative director • Publications — Books • Topics — Resource materials • Genre — Children's literature, folktale anthologies • Imprints — Story Cove LittleFolk • Url — www.augusthouse.com

August House was founded in Little Rock, Arkansas by Ted Parkhurst and Jon Looney as a publisher of Arkansas poetry. In 1986, August House began to collaborate with Liz Parkhurst and W.K. McNeil and develop as a folklore publisher. By 1989, August House established a partnership with the National Storytelling Festival and began to regularly publish works by professional storytellers. The company was purchased in 2004 by Steve Floyd and Graham Anthony of Marsh Cove Productions, who expanded August House's LittleFolk picture book line, established the Story Cove imprint, and moved the headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia. Since then, the company has continued to build and expand its collection of folktales and stories from the oral tradition.

• Story Cove: publishes leveled picture books with supplemental video animations, read-along recordings, lesson plans, and activities to build reading skills needed to meet Common Core Standards. • LittleFolk: publishes picture books by authors Margaret Read MacDonald, Martha Hamilton, Mitch Weiss, Heather Forest, and others. LittleFolk titles include illustrations from artists Susan Gaber, Julie Paschkis, James Stimson, Don Tate, Peter Thornton, Geraldo Valério, and others.