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Capstone publishers
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</noinclude> Capstone Publishers is a large publisher of children’s books and digital products in the U.S. educational market. Capstone has more than 13,000 titles in its imprints and divisions. Capstone publishes everything from nonfiction, fiction, and picture books to interactive books, audio books, literacy programs, and digital media. Imprints and divisions include Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Picture Window Books, Stone Arch Books, Red Brick Learning, Capstone Digital, and Heinemann-Raintree. Capstone grew its business in 2008 by acquiring the assets of Heinemann-Raintree library reference imprints from Pearson , an international education and media company. The acquisition extended Capstone’s international reach as Heinemann-Raintree’s headquarters are in Oxford, England. Capstone is based in Mankato, Minnesota, with additional offices in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Oxford, England. Capstone is part of Coughlan Companies, Inc., a family-owned business since the late 1800s. Coughlan Companies also includes Mankato Kasota Stone, a limestone quarry and fabrication facility. History 1990 Capstone Press is acquired </br> 1991 Capstone Press publishes its first books, 48 titles.</br> 1998 Pebble brand® becomes the first nonfiction research series for emergent readers (grades preK-2) </br> 1999 Capstone establishes its second imprint Compass Point Books</br> 2001 Capstone launches its third imprint. An illustrated nonfiction series publisher Picture Window Books</br> 2002 Red Brick Learning launches </br> 2003 launches, an internet-based resource provider for elementary students. </br> 2004 Pebble Plus® is launched. 2005 Capstone launches Stone Arch Books , a safe graphic novel publisher. Capstone debuts Graphic Library, a nonfiction graphic novels series, under its Capstone Press imprint. </br> 2007 Capstone Publishers (Capstone) is established to unify the publishing companies with shared services. </br> with digital books online is launched</br> 2008 Capstone acquires Heinemann Global Library. </br> Raintree is established in the U.K. </br> Capstone launches CollectionWiz™, an online collection analysis and management tool created. </br> 2009 debuts as an interactive animal database designed for emergent readers and researchers, grades K-2. </br> Capstone Digital is launched with interactive and online media formats </br> Imprints The Capstone family of imprints contain both fiction and nonfiction books designed for struggling and reluctant readers. Capstone has also extended to online learning with digital media products (Capstone Interactive Library, FactHound and PebbleGo) and services (CollectionWizand Library Processing). Capstone Press *Capstone Press publishes nonfiction for beginning, struggling and reluctant readers, grades preK-8. Compass Point Books *Compass Point Books publishes nonfiction with focus on topics such as history, science, biography and careers, grades 5-12. Picture Window Books *Picture Window Books publishes fiction and nonfiction easy readers, picture books and chapter books, grades preK-4. Stone Arch Books *Stone Arch Books publishes safe and contemporary fiction for grades K-9. Divisions Capstone Digital Capstone Digital offers audio books and interactive titles and databases to increase fluency through sound, action and ideas. Red Brick Learning Red Brick Learning offers a range of high-kid-appeal and supplemental materials for the classroom to help struggling readers. Heinemann-Raintree Heinemann-Raintree publishes nonfiction materials for libraries and classrooms. Awards Capstone has received more than 300 awards and accolades for its print and interactive materials. Some of the most notable awards the publisher has received include: </br> The Best Children's Books of the Year (Children's Book Committee at Bank Street College of Education)</br> Teachers’ Choices Selection (International Reading Association) Nonfiction Honor List (VOYA)</br> Sydney Taylor Notable Books (The Association of Jewish Libraries)</br> Amelia Bloomer Project List (Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table, American Library Association)</br> Notable Social Studies Books for Young People (National Council for Social Studies and the Children's Book Council)</br> Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students (National Science Teachers Association and the Children's Book Council)</br> Teachers’ Choice Awards for Children’s Books and Teachers’ Choice Awards for the Classroom (Learning Magazine)</br> Junior Library Guild selections</br> Community Outreach Corporate Giving Capstone gives 5% of its income back to its communities. Each year, Capstone and its employees volunteer time, gifts, and financial support to many organizations and efforts. Scholarships and Grants Each year Capstone sponsors the Innovate Reading Grant through the American Association of School Librarians for the planning and implementation of a unique and innovative program which motivates and encourages reading, especially with struggling readers. Recipients are awarded $2,500 to implement their program. Capstone also offers up to 16 scholarship awards in the amount of $2,500 to full-time undergraduate and graduate students majoring in one of the following preferred areas of study: Elementary Education, Library Science, English Language and Literature or Design at a designated college or university. Green Initiative Leading Capstone’s green initiatives is a group of employees who formed the Green@Work committee in 2007. The committee’s charge is to make Capstone a more environmentally-responsible company by incorporating eco-friendly initiatives and actions into the workplace, and communicating green news and trends to employees. Capstone prints all of its books on at least 10% post-consumer waste paper, affecting more than 600 titles annually. In lieu of printing full product line catalogs for customers twice a year, Capstone consolidates and condenses spring catalogs and highlights only the newest titles. This smaller catalog saves more than 60 million sheets of paper. Capstone increased the number of recycling receptacles throughout their offices, and started collecting bottle caps to be recycled at special locations. To reduce waste even further, one of their offices implemented organics recycling. With recycled paper used in the bathrooms and kitchens and biodegradable bags collecting the organic waste, organics recycling reduces their office waste by nearly 80%. Many employees purchase subscriptions to a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture). From May through October, local farmers deliver fresh fruits and vegetables to our office locations. Criticism In a Wall Street Journal article from August 2008 titled “Problem: Boys Don't Like to Read. Solution: Books That Are Really Gross “ Jan Harp Domene, the national president of the Parent Teacher Association, criticized publishers like Capstone for using “shock tactics” to appeal to boy readers. She argued that boys should be reading Greek mythology instead of gross books like “Getting to Know Your Toilet.” This publisher’s gross topics range from farting to food with titles such as, “The Pukey Book of Vomit,” “Sewers and the Rats that Love Them,” “The Foul, Filthy American Frontier: The Disgusting Details about the Journey Out West,” “Poop-Eaters: Dung Beetles in the Food Chain”, and “Disgusting Foods.” Other critics of Capstone consider their books to be relatively short in literary and artistic merit, with limited content, rudimentary facts, simplistic plots, and flat dialogue. Related Links Capstone</br> Coughlan Companies</br> </br> Capstone Kids</br> 
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