Silvergate Media has awarded Grosset & Dunlap (an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group) the North American publishing rights for its preschool brand, Octonauts.

Grosset & Dunlap will publish and distribute Octonauts TV tie-in books across the U.S. and Canada, with the first titles due for release in fall/winter.

Among the items that will be included in the line are readers, storybooks, sticker and activity books and e-books.