ePals Acquires Carus Publishing

ePals Cor., has purchased all of the assets of family owned global children’s publisher, Carus Publishing, including14 publication tiles such as Cricket, LadyBug, BabyBug, and Click.

Nina Zolt, ePals co-founder and chief learning officer says: “We believe the combination of Carus and ePals creates a compelling online learning environment and brings the Common Core ELA standards to life by personalizing student learning, enabling students to choose what they read from a rich library of high interest content on multiple reading levels across a broad range of subjects, interacting with a variety of collaborative learning partners, and producing diverse forms of writing and communication to various audiences."

“With this acquisition,” says Randi Goodman, principal of Synergy Licensing, licensing agent for Carus Publishing, “comes significant increased brand awareness and exposure for the characters beloved for over 40 years.”