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| Status | Defunct; nominal imprint of Carolina Wren Press until c. 2009 |
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| Founded | 1969 or 1970 |
| Defunct | 1986 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| Publication types | Children's books |
| No. of employees | 10 (1976) |
Lollipop Power, Inc. was a nonprofit American independent publisher of children's books. Based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the group emerged from a culture of feminist organizing as an outgrowth of a discussion group in 1969 or 1970. Operating as a publishing collective of a rotating cohort of around 10 members, the press published non-sexist, non-racist picture books for children to counter depictions of gender-stereotyped roles in mainstream children's books.
The press grew until 1975, when it got its own office but sales began to plateau. At its peak, the press sold about 1,500 books monthly. A changing publishing landscape contributed to the eventual closure of the press in 1986, when it became a nominal imprint of nearby Carolina Wren Press. The press published some of the earliest picture books with explicitly queer characters, shaping the early history of the field of LGBTQ children's literature.