Private company
Logo: Publishers Weekly [1], Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3
Publishing company
Candlewick Press, established in 1992 and located in Somerville, Massachusetts, is part of the Walker Books Group. The logo depicting a bear carrying a candle is based on Walker Books' original logo.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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Candlewick Press, established in 1992 and located in Somerville, Massachusetts, is part of the Walker Books Group. The logo depicting a bear carrying a candle is based on Walker Books' original logo.2
Candlewick Press is part of a group headed by Walker Books. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
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Sebastian Walker launched Walker Books from his spare bedroom in his London home in 1978. Walker Books grew and he founded Candlewick Press in 1992. Candlewick Press opened with only six employees and now has more than one hundred.
From Wikipedia’s article on Candlewick Press, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4
From Wikidata.1
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
| Year | PPP loans | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $1.9M | $1.9M |
Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA5. Matched to this company by name and state.
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
