The Carus Publishing Company is a publisher with offices in Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Peru, Illinois

Peru, Illinois

Peru is a city in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,295 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area...

, and Peterborough, New Hampshire

Peterborough, New Hampshire

Peterborough is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,284 at the 2010 census. Home to the MacDowell Art Colony, the town is a popular tourist destination....

. It owns the Open Court Publishing Company

Open Court Publishing Company

The Open Court Publishing Company is a publisher with offices in Chicago and La Salle, Illinois. It is part of the Carus Publishing Company of Peru, Illinois.-History:...

 as well as the Cricket Magazine Group, and Cobblestone Publishing. Open Court is known for their Popular Culture and Philosophy books, while Cricket and Cobblestone produce a range of children's magazines.

Carus's other magazines for children and teens include Babybug, Ladybug, Click, Appleseeds, Ask, Spider

Spider (magazine)

Spider is an illustrated literary magazine designed for children from 6 to 9 years old. Started in January 1994, the magazine is published in the United States by The Cricket Magazine Group, which is owned by the Carus Publishing Company. The magazine publishes original short stories, poems,...

, Dig

Dig (magazine)

Dig is a children's magazine published by Cobblestone Publishing and associated with the Archaeological Institute of America.Each issue of Dig is 48 pages, and the magazine comes out eight times per year. Most issues are theme-based, collecting a group of articles relating to archaeological finds...

, Cricket

Cricket (magazine)

Cricket is an illustrated literary magazine for children published in the United States, founded in September 1973 by Marianne Carus, whose intent was to create "The New Yorker for children." Marianne Carus still serves as the magazine's editor-in-chief.Each issue of Cricket is 64 pages...

, Cobblestone

Cobblestone (magazine)

Cobblestone Magazine is a magazine that is currently published by the Carus Publishing Company. It was published by Cobblestone Publishing prior to its merger with Carus. It has been published since 1980. It is a children's magazine on American history, especially the history of early America...

, Muse

Muse (magazine)

Muse is a children's magazine published by the Smithsonian Institution and Carus Publishing, the publishers of Cricket. Launched in October 1996, it is published in Chicago, Illinois, and has readers throughout the United States and around the world. Recommended for ages ten and above, it features...

, Faces, Calliope, Odyssey, and Cicada.