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The Chicken House

Publishing company in the United Kingdom

The Chicken House is a publishing company owned by Scholastic Corporation, specialising in children's fiction. Founded in 2000 by Barry Cunningham and Rachel Hickman as Chicken House Publishing, it was bought by Scholastic in 2005. It has introduced many new successful authors, including Cornelia Funke, Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams, Kevin Brooks, Lucy Christopher, Rachel Ward, M. G. Leonard, Rachel Grinti, Kiran Millwood Hargrave and Jasbinder Bilan.2 It is headquartered in Frome.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The Chicken House is a publishing company owned by Scholastic Corporation, specialising in children's fiction.2

Timeline

  1. 2000Founded Founded1

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