Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. (Corporate Author)

Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd. is a British children's book publisher founded in July 1865 by London bookseller Frederick Warne in Covent Garden, London. The company became renowned for publishing illustrated children's books, particularly those by Beatrix Potter (including The Tale of Peter Rabbit), and for its Observer's Books series. It was acquired by Penguin Books in 1983 and now operates as an imprint of Penguin Random House.