Tiny Owl Publishing Explained

Tiny Owl Publishing is an independent children's picture book publisher based in London. Founded in 2015 with the aim of creating picture books for everyone, Tiny Owl have published over 30 titles. Tiny Owl are the current joint regional winners of The British Book Awards' Small Press of the Year 2020.^[1]

History

Tiny Owl Publishing was founded in 2015 by Delaram Ghanimifard and her husband Karim Arghandehpour, with the intent to focus on diversity and inclusion in children's picture books.^[2] In their first year, they published nine titles, all of which were translations of titles from Iran.^[3] Tiny Owl works closely with schools, libraries, and literacy charities.^[4]

Awards and nominations

• Regional winner for Small Press of the Year 2020 as part of The British Book Awards^[1]
• Winner of the English PEN Translates Award for Felix After the Rain
• Winning Highly Commended in CLiPPA 2019 for Thinker: My Puppy Poet and Me^[5]
• Longlisted for Kate Greenaway Medal^[6] and English Association 4-11 Children's Book Award^[7] for Quill Soup

References

1. Web site: British Book Awards Small Press winners revealed. The Bookseller. 17 April 2020.
2. Web site: Tiny Owl to publish 'Iran's most famous children's book' The Bookseller. www.thebookseller.com. 2020-04-17.
3. News: Almond. David. The Little Black Fish and other stories: Iranian illustrated children's books – in pictures. 2015-11-10. The Guardian. 2020-04-17. Dehghan. Saeed Kamali. en-GB. 0261-3077.
4. Web site: Our Partners and Supporters. clpe.org.uk. en. 2020-04-17.
5. Web site: July Spotlight on... The CLiPPA 2019 Award Ceremony. Arnold. Jessica. CLPE. 17 April 2020.
6. Web site: Longlists for 2020 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals Announced. Carnegie UK Trust. 17 April 2020.
7. Web site: English 4-11 Picture book Awards. 17 April 2020.