DK has bought the list for A Kids Book About (AKBA) from American media company A Kids Co (AKC), totalling 170 titles and taking DK’s first children’s publishing team into the US.

The partnership establishes DK’s first U.S.-based children’s creative team. A Kids Co. began in 2018 when founder Jelani Memory wrote “A Kids Book About Racism” for his six children.

DK Children’s has signed Classics podcaster Liv Albert’s first titles for kids: two illustrated retellings based on Greek and Roman mythology. Illustrators for the two books have yet to be ...