Scholastic to buy Cottage Door Press for $71m
Scholastic will buy Cottage Door Press for approximately US$71 million, adding a fast-growing early-childhood list to its children's business.
The agreement is expected to close at the end of 2026, according to Publishers Marketplace. The price is before customary purchase price adjustments, the routine final balancing of the books that can nudge a deal value up or down, according to the company announcement carried by PR Newswire.
Cottage Door Press recorded approximately $45 million in net revenue, meaning sales after returns and discounts, for the twelve months to 31 May. Scholastic described the business as strongly profitable.
In its announcement on 29 September 2026, Scholastic called Cottage Door Press "a leading, fast-growing innovator in early childhood publishing." That corner of the market covers board books, novelty formats and other titles for babies, toddlers and pre-school readers.
After closing, Cottage Door Press will sit inside Scholastic's Children's Book Group, the division that handles its trade publishing for young readers. Its existing publishing team will stay on. That continuity matters in publishing, where relationships with authors, illustrators and printers carry from one season to the next.
Not everything moves across. Cottage Door's Luna StoryTime line of interactive electronic toys will be spun off before closing. It will not form part of the Scholastic deal.
Scholastic expects the purchase to be accretive in its second year after close, meaning it should add to earnings once integrated. Short sentences help here. Integration costs come first. The payoff follows.
What makes this stand out is the shape of the fit. Scholastic already sells through classrooms, book fairs and shops. Cottage Door brings a focused pre-school list and a record of growth. For parents and small readers, little changes on the surface: the same team will make the books, now inside a larger house.
