Kaye & Ward

Kaye & Ward Ltd. was the publisher of The Railway Series from 1967 until 1988, succeeding its imprint Edmund Ward. It was a subsidiary of William Heinemann from 1984 to 1998.

History
In 1952, Franklyn Edmund Ward sold his eponymous publishing house to the London printers, Straker Brothers Ltd., who had also taken over another small publisher, Nicholas Kaye Limited. The two companies were merged into Kaye & Ward, though they retained the "Edmund Ward" imprint to publish some titles, including the Railway Series.

Starting with Small Railway Engines in 1967, the "Edmund Ward" imprint was dropped and the Railway Series was published directly under the Kaye & Ward name.

William Heinemann acquired the company in 1984, but the "Kaye & Ward" imprint was used until 1988. Heinemann's owner, Octopus Publishing, was acquired by Reed Children's Books in 1987.

On 25th April 1998, Reed International sold their children's books division to Egmont UK Limited and the copyright of the Railway Series to the Britt Allcroft Company for £13.5 million. Egmont acquired the rights to publish the Railway Series, and in the same year they published the new format versions of series.

Kaye & Ward remains in being as part of Egmont, but is dormant.

Books
 Small Railway Engines  Enterprising Engines  Oliver the Western Engine  Duke the Lost Engine  Tramway Engines  Really Useful Engines  James and the Diesel Engines  Great Little Engines  More About Thomas the Tank Engine </li> Gordon the High-Speed Engine </li> Toby, Trucks and Trouble </li> </ol>
 * Railway Map of the Island of Sodor
 * The Railway Series: Surprise Packet
 * The Rev. W. Awdry's Famous Railway Series Station book box
 * The Island of Sodor: Its People, History and Railways
 * Other Books
 * Thomas's Christmas Party
 * Thomas Comes to Breakfast
 * Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree
 * Thomas and the Evil Diesel
 * Pop-Up Books
 * The Flying Kipper and Henry the Green Engine
 * Bertie the Bus and Thomas the Tank Engine
 * James the Red Engine and the Troublesome Trucks
 * Twelve Happy Engines

Trivia

 * The copyright of "Kaye & Ward" was displayed on merchandise, books and Japanese edition of The Railway Series books of the 1980s.