Random House Books for Young Readers
Random House Books for Young Readers is an imprint of Random House Children's Books in New York, part of Penguin Random House.
- Editions tracked
- 20
- First editions
- 17
- Books
- 20
- Years
- 1967 to 2019
Random House Books for Young Readers is a publisher active from 1967. We track 20 editions it published between 1967 and 2019, 17 of them first editions across 20 books. Each book lists its first edition and the points that identify it.
About Random House Books for Young Readers
Random House Books for Young Readers is a children's imprint of Random House Children's Books, the children's division of Random House in New York, which has been part of Penguin Random House since 2013.
Random House itself was founded in 1927 by Bennett Cerf and Donald Klopfer. Its children's division now holds a large group of imprints, among them Beginner Books (acquired in 1960), Step Into Reading, Golden Books, Delacorte Press and Yearling, with Random House Books for Young Readers listed alongside them. In an editorial realignment in 2001 the imprint was placed under publisher Kate Klimo, shortly before Random House bought Golden Books for $84.4 million and formed a Random House Young Readers Group under her.
The Random House children's list includes Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House series, which began with Dinosaurs Before Dark in 1992, and N. D. Wilson's 100 Cupboards (2007). Random House merged with Penguin Group on 1 July 2013 to form Penguin Random House, which has been wholly owned by Bertelsmann since April 2020.
We have not yet written the guide to Random House Books for Young Readers's first-edition conventions. Until we do, check each book's own page: we list its points where we know them. Know how Random House Books for Young Readers marked its firsts? Tell us.
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Frequently asked questions
How many Random House Books for Young Readers books does MyVolumes track?
We track 20 editions published by Random House Books for Young Readers, 17 of them first editions, across 20 books.
Where these facts come from
- Random House - Publishers & Imprints, Penguin Random House Retail, 2026 (penguinrandomhouseretail.com)
- Catching Up, Publishers Weekly, 2002 (publishersweekly.com)
- Random House, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- Magic Tree House, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
- 100 Cupboards, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
Every fact on this page was checked against the sources listed. Checked 19 October 2026. Reviewed by Harriet Ellis; read how we check facts.