Penguin Random House is acquiring Little Tiger Group, the London publisher and packager of children's books, and Liontree Publishing, the U.K. packager. Little Tiger Group will operate as a stand-alone company within PRH, and Liontree will be brought under the Little Tiger Group umbrella.
Little Tiger Group is headed by CEO and co-founder Monty Bhatia, who will now report to Barbara Marcus, president and publisher of Random House Children's Books, who initiated and led the acquisition. Noting that Marcus and Bhatia have had "a long-standing, mutually productive publishing relationship," a joint announcement said that "Little Tiger will be aligned closely with the Random House Children's Books division that Marcus oversees, and will leverage and benefit from shared resources and support services from Penguin Random House U.S., such as distribution and fulfillment."
Liontree founder Nik Bhatia will take a newly created role as group business development director of Little Tiger Group.
Little Tiger Group publishes more than 200 titles annually and has a backlist of nearly 1,000 titles. It was founded by Monty and Kuki Bhatia in London in 1987.
PRH CEO Markus Dohle said Little Tiger's "unique, nimble and international approach to children's publishing fits perfectly with our business at Penguin Random House, and we look forward to growing together around the world."
Little Tiger will "maintain the editorial profile" of its five imprints, led by publishers Jude Evans and Thomas Truong, and will continue to sell books directly to publishers, retailers and distributors.