Quackenworth is a children’s education and media company that specializes in publishing children's books, educational curriculum, teacher management software, and online educational materials. The company also assists K-12 schools with developing programs and instructional strategies that integrate technology into the daily curriculum. Quackenworth is located in Los Angeles, California.
Motto
"Helping You Invest in a Child"
Mission
Quackenworth’s mission is to develop fun products that teachers and parents can use to educate and enrich the lives of children and young adults.
3 Core Values
Respect - We respect our employees, customers, and competitors.
Continuous Improvement - We strive for continued improvment as individuals and as a company.
Creativity - We value creativity and innovative ideas among our employees and business partners.
Quackenworth founder and CEO David Hollaway has been the driving creative force behind the company’s success.
Since founding the company in 2005, he has written and illustrated sixteen different children’s books including the
Quigley McCormick series, the Remix series, Ray Jay and the Grumpy Tree, the Witty Bitty Bunch series, and Vowel Stories for Beginning Readers. Under David’s leadership Quackenworth has gone from one book to over one hundred different educational products, including numerous math and writing curriculums, audio books, digital books, educational games, and Android/iOS applications. He is also the creator/designer of the web sites MyWritingWizard.com and Schoollance.com.
David Hollaway’s dislike of reading and writing as a child served as the primary motivating factor for the founding of Quackenworth. From the company’s inception he decided that the products that Quackenworth created would follow a simple premise: make learning fun.
Prior to Quackenworth, David spent three years at a Los Angeles-area digital encryption company where he served in senior management working on corporate and product strategy. As part of his role, David led an engineering/product design team and contributed to the company’s strategic consumer market initiatives. Early in his career he served as an educator in the Los Angeles area in elementary and secondary education. David has also worked in sales for RJR Nabisco and Pfizer.
David is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine, has an MA in computer-based education from CSU Dominguez Hills, and an MBA in finance from Loyola Marymount University. David’s hobbies include reading, playing video games, traveling, and watching college football. He spends much of his free time mentoring and encouraging children. His community service includes his post as president of the Leimert Park Chargers, a youth football organization in Los Angeles, CA.
Fun Facts
The name “Quackenworth” is a combination of the name “Quackenbush,” and “Slugworth,” a devious character in one of David’s favorite children’s books, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He combined the “Quacken” from “Quackenbush” with the “worth” from “Slugworth” to form the name “Quackenworth.”
David’s first project, the Quigley McCormick book series, had humble beginnings. It started as one, twenty-page picture book. But while writing the story, David realized he had a lot more to say about the characters and the town of Buckletuckle. Soon the story ballooned into three, 200 plus page chapter books.
QUACKENWORTH’S ONLINE PRODUCTS
Schoollance.com has a suite of tools that allow educators to manage lesson plans, curriculum maps, PLC's and other important day-to-day information. Plan/Organize/Communicate.
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MyWritingWizard.com is a powerful web site dedicated
to helping students become better writers. The genres
of writing include journal writing, essays, book reports,
current events, and science writing. It provides an
excellent platform for differentiated instruction and will
keep students engaged and on-task.
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QUACKENWORTH’S BOOK SERIES
Quackenworth currently has five exciting book series targeted at boys and girls from ages 2 to 12. Click on the links
below to learn more.
Chapter Book Series
Ages 8 to 12
(3 books)
The Quigley McCormick series of books chronicles
Quigley's adventures in the magical town of Buckletuckle;
a town where jelly beans grow on trees,
kids can drive, and just about anything can
happen!
Board Book Series
Ages 2 to 6
6 books, 6 audio books, 6 digital books
The Witty Bitty Bunch embodies the essence of childhood. The stories are filled with important
lessons and teach concepts such as compassion,
friendship, acceptance, and financial
responsibility, to name a few.
Picture Book Series (5 books)
Ages 4 to 8
5 books, 5 audio books
The Remix Series is a remake of five classic
children’s stories. These remixed plots offer a
humorous take on the original stories and are filled
with tons of unexpected expects and laughs.
Picture Book Series (1 book)
Ages 4 to 8
1 book, 1 audio book, 1 digital book
Vowel Stories For Beginning Readers provides 10
simple stories featuring a specific vowel sound; both
short and long vowel sounds (a, e, i, o, u). The
stories are colorful, humorous, and feature a host of
multicultural characters.
Picture Book Series (1 book)
Ages 4 to 8
1 book, 1 audio book, 1 digital book
Ray Jay and the Grumpy Tree of East Side Park is a
timeless story about the unlikely friendship between
a little boy named Ray Jay and a grumpy apple tree
who refuses to share its apples. The story extols
the virtues of friendship, patience, and loyalty.
Picture Book Series (1 book) Ages 12 to 17 Work books
This is a series that helps prepare young
students to make informed decisions in life
and with a career. The work book titles
include the Decisions and Consequences
workbook and the Career Education workbook.
