Peter Usborne has two children. They are Nicola and Martin.
Peter’s son, Martin, runs his own publishing company: Hoxton Mini Press. The Usborne family together run The Usborne Foundation, a charity founded by the Usborne family which harnesses research, design and technology to create playful media addressing issues from literacy to health.
Teach Your Monster to Read is a series of games that helped millions of children learn to read funded by The Usborne Foundation.
Usborne was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2011 for services to the publishing industry and Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to literature.