{{short description|American publisher of children's books}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox publisher | name = Dutton Children's Books | image = Dutton Children's Books logo.png | caption = | parent = [[Penguin Group]] | status = Active | traded_as = | predecessor = [[E. P. Dutton]] | founded = 1852 | founder = [[Edward Payson Dutton]] | successor = | country = United States | headquarters = 1745 [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]]/230 West 56th Street [[Random House Tower]], Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States | distribution = | keypeople = | publications = Books | topics = | genre = Children's | imprints = | revenue = | owner = | numemployees = | website = {{official website|penguin.com/dutton-childrens-overview}} }}

'''Dutton Children's Books''' is a US publisher of [[Children's literature|children's books]] and a division of the [[Penguin Group]]. It is associated with the [[Dutton (imprint)|Dutton]] adult division. It was previously an imprint of [[E. P. Dutton]], prior to 1986. They have been publishing books since 1852.{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}}

Dutton has published the [[Winnie-the-Pooh]] books by [[A. A. Milne]] in the USA since the 1920s and in Canada since the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|title=A new Winnie the Pooh book for 2009 |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2009/0111/a-new-winnie-the-pooh-book-for-2009 |website=csmonitor.com |date=January 11, 2009 |access-date=March 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Same Pooh Bear, but an Otter Has Arrived |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/books/05pooh.html |website=[[The New York Times]] |date=October 4, 2009 |access-date=March 8, 2020}}</ref>

==Award-winning titles== ===[[Caldecott Medal]]=== * 1973: ''[[The Funny Little Woman]]'' retold by [[Arlene Mosel]], illustrated by [[Blair Lent]] * 1998: ''[[Rapunzel (book)|Rapunzel]]'', retold and illustrated by [[Paul O. Zelinsky]]

===[[Caldecott Honor Books]]=== * 1946: ''[[Sing Mother Goose]]'' by [[Opal Wheeler]], illustrated by [[Marjorie Torrey]] * 1947: ''[[Sing in Praise: A Collection of the Best Loved Hymns]]'' by [[Opal Wheeler]], illustrated by [[Marjorie Torrey]] * 1983: ''[[When I was Young in the Mountains]]'' by [[Cynthia Rylant]], illustrated by [[Diane Goode]]* 1984: ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'' retold by [[Rika Lesser]], illustrated by [[Paul O. Zelinsky]] * 1987: ''[[Rumpelstiltskin]]'' by [[Paul O. Zelinsky]] * 1995: ''[[Swamp Angel (children's book)|Swamp Angel]]'' by [[Paul O. Zelinsky]]

===[[Golden Kite Award]]=== * 2003: ''[[Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer]]'' by [[Robert Byrd (artist)|Robert Byrd]]

===[[Newbery Medal]]=== * 1926: ''[[Shen of the Sea]]'' by [[Arthur Bowie Chrisman]] * 1951: ''[[Amos Fortune, Free Man]]'' by [[Elizabeth Yates (author)|Elizabeth Yates]] * 1979: ''[[The Westing Game]]'' by [[Ellen Raskin]]

===[[Newbery Honor]]=== * 1927: ''[[Gayneck, The Story of a Pigeon]]'' by [[Dhan Gopal Mukerji]] * 1929: ''[[The Boy Who Was]]'' by [[Grace Hallok]] * 1930: ''[[Vaino (book)|Vaino]]'' by [[Julia Davis Adams]] * 1931: ''[[Mountains are Free]]'' by [[Julia Davis Adams]] * 1960: ''[[My Side of the Mountain]]'' by [[Jean Craighead George]] * 1964: ''[[Rascal (book)|Rascal]]'' by [[Sterling North]] * 1975: ''[[Figgs & Phantoms]]'' by [[Ellen Raskin]]

===[[Michael L. Printz Award]]=== * 2003: ''[[Postcards from No Man's Land]]'' by [[Aidan Chambers]] * 2006: ''[[Looking for Alaska]]'' by [[John Green]]

===''New York Times'' Best Illustrated Books=== * 1981: ''[[The Maid and The Mouse and The Odd-Shaped House: A Story in Rhyme]]'' by [[Paul O. Zelinsky]] * 1992: ''[[The Fortune-Tellers]]'' by [[Lloyd Alexander]], illustrated by [[Trina Schart Hyman]] * 1994: ''[[Swamp Angel (children's book)|Swamp Angel]]'' by [[Anne Isaacs]], illustrated by [[Paul O. Zelinsky]] * 2001: ''[[Sun Bread]]'' by [[Elisa Kleven]]

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== {{Portal |Children's literature}} * {{official website|penguin.com/dutton-childrens-overview}}

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