In the Press

• Articles & Interviews
  • Barnes & Noble, What You Do Matters: An Exclusive Guest Post from Kobi Yamada, Author of Trying (December 2020)
    
• Trying
  
  • Booklist (January 2021)
    
  • Kirkus Starred Review (December 2020)
  • Foreword Reviews (December 2020)

• And Then... Volume One
  • Washington State Book Award (2014)
  • Moonbeam Children’s Book Award (2014)
  • Independent Publishers Book Awards (2014)

• Frank & Funny
  • The LOUIE Awards (2013, 2014, 2015)

• How Many People Does it Take to Make a Difference?
  • Living Now Award (2010)

• I Like...
  • Independent Publishers Book Awards (2016)
  • Moonbeam Children’s Book Award (2016)
  • Creative Child Awards (2016)

• Maybe
  • Foreword Reviews Indies Finalist (2019)
  • Nautlius Awards (2019)
  • Stern Magazine's Most Beautiful Books of 2019
  • 3x3 International Illustration Show Merit Awards (2020)
    
    

• Made by Me
  • Creative Child Awards (2018)

• Me Museum
  • Creative Child Awards (2017)

• Once Upon a Time 
  
  • NY NOW Best New Product Award (2019)

• Positively Green
  • The LOUIE Awards (2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)

• Superpowers!
  • Independent Publisher Book Awards (2018)
    
  • Creative Child Awards (2017)

• The Tooth Fairy Kit
  • Independent Publishers Book Awards (2016)
  • Moonbeam Children’s Book Award (2016)
  • Creative Child Awards (2016)

• Tickle Monster Laughter Kit
  • Mom’s Choice Award (2009)
  • Parent Tested Parent Approved Media Inc.’s Seal of Approval (2009)

• Tiny, Perfect Things
  • Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (2019) 

• What Do You Do With a Chance?
  • Independent Publisher Book Awards (2018)

• What Do You Do With an Idea?
  • Independent Publishers Book Awards (2014)
  • Washington State Book Award (2014)
  • Moonbeam Children’s Book Award (2014)
  • Gelett Burgess Children’s Book Award (2014)
  • USA Best Book Awards (2014)

• What Do You Do With a Problem?
  • National Indie Excellence Awards (2017)
  • The Christopher Awards (2017)
  • Mom’s Choice Award (2016)
  • Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards (2016)

• You Belong Here
  • National Indie Excellence Awards (2017)
  • Independent Publishers Book Awards (2017)

• Gifts & Decorative Accessories Retailer Excellence Awards, "Manufacturer of the Year" (2019)
  
• Puget Sound Business Journal’s Top 75 Corporate Philanthropists (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
• Puget Sound Business Journal’s Top 50 Largest Minority Owned Businesses (2004, 2011, 2013, 2014)
• Puget Sound Business Journal’s 100 Fastest Growing Companies (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
• Puget Sound Business Journal’s Washington’s Best Workplaces (2017)
• Puget Sound Business Journal’s Top 40 Below 40: Kobi Yamada (2001)
• Gifts and Decorative Accessories’ Retailer Excellence Awards (2013, 2014, 2015)
• Inc. Magazine’s 5000 Fastest Growing Companies in the Nation (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
• Alfred P. Sloan Award for Business Excellence (2009)
• City of Seattle Mayor’s Small Business Award (2008)
• Seattle Business’ Best Places to Work (2007, 2008)
• The Pacific Institute’s "Best Companies to Work For" (2004)

• All That I Am
  • Kirkus Reviews (April 2021)
    
• Because I Had a Teacher
  • Kirkus Reviews (December 2016)
• Maybe
  • BookPage (September 2019)
    
  • Foreword Reviews (September 2019) 
• Eat the Cake 
  • Kirkus Reviews (October 2019) 
  • Foreword Reviews (January 2020)
  • Publishers Weekly (January 2020)
• Finding Muchness
  • Publishers Weekly (May 2021)
• Me Museum 
  
  • Publishers Weekly (November 2016)
• Tickle Monster
  • The Children’s Book Review (May 2009
• Tiger Days
  • Foreword Reviews (January/February 2019)
  • Publishers Weekly
  • Kirkus Reviews (November 2018)
• Tiny, Perfect Things
  • School Library Journal (July 2018)
  • Canadian Review of Materials (June 2018)
  • Kirkus Reviews (May 2018)
• Trying
• School Library Journal (March 2021)
• Booklist (January 2021)
  
• Kirkus Starred Review (December 2020)
  
• Foreword Reviews (December 2020)
  
• What Do You Do With a Chance?
  • BookPage (February 2018)
  • School Library Journal (January 2018)
  • Booklist (December 2017)
  • Foreword Reviews (December 2017)
  • Kirkus Reviews (October 2017)
• What Do You Do With an Idea?
  • The Children’s Book Review (June 2014)
• What Do You Do With a Problem?
  • Publishers Weekly (April 2016)
  • Kirkus Reviews (March 2016)
  • Booklist (May 2016)
  • The Horn Book (August 2016)
• Wiggle Jump Tickle
  • Kirkus Reviews (May 2018)
• You Belong Here
  • Booklist (June 2016)
  • Publishers Weekly (April 2016)
  • Kirkus Reviews (March 2016)

Articles

• Stationery Trends, "Write it Down: Planners, organization products to shine during Fall Design Week" (August 2019)
• Gift Shop, "Paging Gift Books," (April 2019)
• The Paper Chronicles, "Holiday Gifts from Compendium!" (December 2018)
• Publishers Weekly, "Fast-Growing Independent Publishers, 2018" (April 2018)
• Gifts and Decorative Accessories, "Gifts That Inspire" (November 2017)
• Puget Sound Business Journal, "Everyone at Our Company is a Volunteer" (August 2017)
• Gifts & Decorative Accessories, "Inspired Gifting" (October 2015)
• Gift Shop, "Feel-Good Stories" (July 2015)
• Publishers Weekly, "One Small Publisher’s 'Idea' Yields Big Results" (July 2015)

Interviews

• Good Manners, "This Inspirational Writer Helps Kids To Dream And To Be Creative" (August 2020)
• ESSENCEtial Conversations, Episode 58 – "Kobi Yamada, author and CEO of Compendium, Inc." (August 2015)
• Seattle Refined, "Local author wrote THE book on taking chances. Literally" (January 2018)
• The Children’s Book Podcast, "Kobi Yamada, Episode #422" (February 2018)
• The Spaniard Show, "Kobi Yamada, NYT Best-Selling Author & CEO of Compendium" (May 2019)

• An Inspired Life 
  • BuzzFeed, "42 Gifts I Bet Nobody Will Believe You Got For Less Than $20." (November 2019)
  • The Everygirl, "The Everygirl's 2019 Budget-Friendly Holiday Gift Guide" (November 2019)
• Because I Had a Teacher
  • Gifts & Decorative Accessories, "New Compendium Release Celebrates Educators, Introduces Emerging Sales Category" (December 2016)
  • Museums and More, "New 'Because I Had a Teacher' Children’s Book Celebrates Educators" (December 2016)
• I Choose You
  
  • BuzzFeed, "63 Valentine's Day Gifts That'll Put Their Ex To Shame." (February 2020)
• I Wrote a Book About You
  • Reader’s Digest, "25 of the Best Valentine Gifts for Him" (February 2018)
• Live This Day
  • FOX 2 now, "Simple tips to get through the drudgery" (April 2018)
  • Publisher’s Weekly, "The Write Direction" (October 2017)
• Maybe 
  • Foreword Reviews, "Book of the Day Roundup" (September 2019)
• Positively Green
  • The Paper Chronicles, "The Right Words from Compendium" (December 2019)
  • Retailing Insight, "Moms, Dads & Grads" (February 2015)
• The Tooth Fairy Kit
  • Publishers Weekly, "Beyond Coloring Books: Gifts & Sidelines 2016" (January 2016)
• ThoughtFulls
  • Parade, "What's in Author Petra Kolber's Bag? (August 2018)
  • FOX 2 now, "Feeling happy and healthy even if you can’t stick with your new year’s resolution" (January 2018)
  • Gifts and Decorative Accessories, "Stationery: Thoughtfully Stated" (May 2013)
• Tiger Days
  • The Children's Book Review, "M.H. Clark and Sarah Forster Discuss Tigers Days: A Book of Feelings (April 2019)
• Tiny, Perfect Things
  • The Chicago Tribune, "Powerful collection from MLK's pastor – fitting for our current political moment – leads roundup review of spiritual books" (November 2018)
  • The Classroom Bookshelf, "Tiny, Perfect Things" (September 2018)
  • Brain Pickings, "Tiny, Perfect Things: A Lyrical Illustrated Invitation to Presence" (August 2018)
  • The New York Times, "Grandmas and Grandpas Are a Kid’s Natural Allies in These Books" (June 2018)
  • The Children's Book Review, "M.H. Clark Discusses Tiny, Perfect Things" (June 2018)
  • BookPage, "Tips for Teachers: 'Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it.' (October 2019)
• Trying
  
• Barnes & Noble, What You Do Matters: An Exclusive Guest Post from Kobi Yamada, Author of Trying (December 2020)
• What Do You Do With a Chance?
  • Barnes & Noble, "Barnes & Noble's Best Picture Books of 2018: Books" (December 2018)
  • Brightly, "Kobi Yamada on Embracing Our Ideas and the Chances That Come Our Way" (February 2018)
  • Publishers Weekly, "What Do You Do with a Bookshop?" (February 2018)
• What Do You Do With an Idea?
  • KYW Newsradio 1060 AM, "Positively Philadelphia: Author Kobi Yamada on not giving up on an idea." (March 2019)
  • International Examiner, "Children’s Books Hold Truth, Magic in Lessons Learn" (December 2016)
  • Seattle Magazine, "Big Idea: The Little Children’s Book That Could – And Did" (October 2016)
  • Woman’s World, "Holiday Shopping Guide: Best Toys of 2015" (October 2015)
  • Gifts and Decorative Accessories, "Giftables: Thought for All Ages" (June 2015)
  • Seattle’s Child, "Local picture book has a message worth sharing" (September 2016)
  • New York Times Best Seller (September 2016)
• What Do You Do With a Problem?
  • Psychology Today, "You Are What You Read" (December 2017)
  • Romper, "10 Books Every Child Should Read Before First Grade" (December 2017)
  • Booklist, "Classroom Connections: Mindfulness for Children" (September 2017)
  • New York Times Best Seller (September 2016)
    
• Write Now Journals
  • Yoga Journal, "The Must List" (March 2018)
  • Seattle Magazine, "Simple Pleasures: Under $30" (December 2013)
  • Publishers Weekly, "Beyond Coloring Books: Gifts & Sidelines 2016" (January 2016)
• You Belong Here
  • ABC Action News, "Lower Moreland elementary school principal reads via FaceTime to kids stuck on bus" (November 2018)
  • Magnolia Journal, "A Look at Baby Crew's Nursery" (Fall 2018)
  • Brain Pickings, "You Belong Here: An Illustrated Antidote to Our Existential Homelessness" (September 2018)

• Compendium releases Love Muchly, a new greeting card line ( July 23, 2019) 
• Because I Had a Teacher Reaches the New York Times Best Sellers List ( May 28, 2019) 
• Compendium releases Here & There inspirational art (February 1, 2019)
• “The Girl Who Ran” selected for 2018 Amelia Bloomer List (February 28, 2018)
• Kobi Yamada’s “What Do You Do With a Chance?” reaches the New York Times Best Sellers List (February 13, 2018)
• Dance theater adaption of the New York Times best-selling book “What Do You Do With an Idea?” to premiere at Playhouse Square (February 13, 2018)
• Compendium Extends U.K. Distribution with Widdop and Co. (October 26, 2017)
• Two Compendium Titles Win 2017 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards (October 13, 2017)
• Kobi Yamada’s "What Do You Do..." Series Celebrates 55 Weeks on The New York Times Best-Seller List (September 24, 2017)
• Compendium Celebrated as One of Washington’s Best Workplaces (August 4, 2017)
• "The Girl Who Ran" Tells Inspiring Story of First Woman to Run Boston Marathon (June 15, 2017)
• "What Do You Do With a Problem?" Makes The New York Times Best-Seller List (August 8, 2016)
• "What Do You Do With an Idea?" Makes The New York Times Best-Seller List (June 22, 2016)