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| Parent company | Simon & Schuster |
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| Founded | 1959 |
| Founder | Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., Simon Michael Bessie and Hiram Haydn |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City |
| Publication types | Books |
| Fiction genres | Children's literature |
| Imprints | Caitlyn Dlouhy Books |
| Owner(s) | Kohlberg Kravis Roberts |
| Official website | simonandschusterpublishing |
Atheneum Books was a New York City publishing house established in 1959 by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., Simon Michael Bessie and Hiram Haydn. Simon & Schuster has owned Atheneum properties since it acquired Macmillan in 1994, and it created Atheneum Books for Young Readers as an imprint for children's books in the 2000s.