About Us

Eleanor Curtain Publishing (ECP) specialises in early literacy programs and teacher reference, with over 500 titles in print.

ECP is an award winning independent publisher based in Australia and publishing for schools in Australia, New Zealand, the USA, Canada, the UK, Korea and Hong Kong.

Our focus is on children and learning

At the heart of ECP’s early literacy publishing is its commitment to teachers and students to provide engaging and relevant content that connects with the professional needs of teachers, and the interests and experiences of students.

Underlying our books is our attitude to children:

• We portray children as active and empowered participants in any situation.
• We focus on children as independent problem solvers.
• In our books we present issues that matter to children, in ways appropriate to their stage of development.
• We carefully level all reading material to ensure that students  are supported and appropriately challenged through all stages of their reading development.

Literacy programs

ECP publishes two major literacy programs:

• Flying Start to Literacy, launched in 2010
• AlphaReading Literacy Resources

Teacher reference

ECP has over a range of teacher reference titles that focus on all aspects of literacy as well as other curriculum areas including Physical Education.

Key teacher reference titles are:

• Building comprehension strategies by Alison Davis
• Developing early literacy by Susan Hill
• Classroom Connections by Kath Murdoch
• A Closer Look at Guided Reading by David Hornsby
• Wet Games by Peter Meaney and Sarie Culka

International publishing

ECP publishes and distributes to schools in the Australia, New Zealand, the USA,  Canada, Korea, Hong Kong, and the UK.

International publishing involves versioning of content and language to suit each market including:

• English (Australian, Canadian, US and UK)
• Spanish
• French

Key partners

ECP partners with specialist educational publishers and distributors including:

• Okapi Educational Publishing (US)
• Sundance Publishing (US)
• Lioncrest  (Australia and New Zealand)
• Scholastic (Canada)
• Macmillan Boleswa (South Africa)
• AgaWorld and Yoons Academy (Korea)