Capstone Publishers is a publisher of children’s books and digital products. Capstone focuses on the educational market. They have recently begun selling to the Trade market. Capstone publishes nonfiction, fiction

Fiction

Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...

, picture books, interactive books, audio books, literacy programs, and digital media. Imprints and divisions include Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Picture Window Books, Stone Arch Books, Red Brick Learning, Capstone Digital, and Heinemann-Raintree.
Capstone acquired the assets of Heinemann-Raintree library reference from Pearson Education

Pearson Education

Pearson Education is an international educational publishing and technology company providing textbooks and other educational material, such as multimedia learning tools...

 in 2008 .
Heinemann-Raintree has offices in Chicago and Oxford, England.
Capstone is based in Mankato, Minnesota, with additional offices in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Oxford. Capstone is part of Coughlan Companies, Inc. Coughlan Companies also includes Mankato Kasota Stone, a limestone

Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....

quarry and fabrication facility.

History

1990 Capstone Press acquired


1991 Capstone Press first titles released


1998 Pebble brand created


1999 Capstone creates their first imprint, Compass Point Books


2001 Capstone creates their second imprint, Picture Window Books


2002 Red Brick Learning Launched


2003 FactHound.com Launched


2004 Pebble Plus launched


2005 Capstone creates their third imprint, Stone Arch Books


2007 Capstone Publishers (Capstone) established to unite imprints


2007 Capstone Interactive Library Launched


2008 Capstone acquired Heinemann Global Library


2008 Capstone Launched CollectionWiz


2009 PebbleGo Launched


2009 Capstone Digital Launched


2010 PebbleGo Earth and Science Launched

Imprints

Capstone imprints contain fiction and nonfiction titles. Capstone also has digital products (Capstone Interactive Library, CapstoneKids FactHound and PebbleGo) and services (CollectionWiz and Library Processing).

• Capstone Press publishes nonfiction for grades preK-8.
• Compass Point Books publishes nonfiction with a focus on topics such as history, science, biography and careers, grades 5-12.
• Picture Window Books publishes fiction and nonfiction easy readers, picture books and chapter books, grades preK-4.
• Stone Arch Books publishes fiction for grades K–9.