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Puffin began in england in 1941 when allen lane, publisher of penguin books, and noel carrington, a publisher of natural history books, teamed up to produce the first line of quality paperbacks for children. The imprint now belongs to penguin random house, a subsidiary owned by the german media conglomerate bertelsmann and the british publishing company pearson plc. Clive kings stig of the dumpis a muchloved modern classic. Penguin books has its registered office in city of westminster, london.
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