Company lists · Data refreshed September 2026
Top 25 Picture book publishers worldwide
RevenueBase identified 911 picture book publishers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 17,450 professional contacts across them, including 3,453 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers picture book publishers worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026. Country and city lists for picture book publishers follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest picture book publishers worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7,877 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, a leading provider of core literacy curriculum and professional…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 768 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Usborne is the largest and most successful independent children's book publisher in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 471 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Apprendre, lire, jouer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 406 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Editorial de literatura infantil y juvenil que publica narrativa, poesía y álbumes ilustrados, con más de 130 años de historia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 344 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The Quarto Group (LSE: QRT) is the leading global illustrated book publisher.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 271 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Educational Development Corporation (EDC) likes being in a bind, as long as the cover appeals to youngsters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 213 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over 60 years Scholastic Canada has introduced young people to the joys of reading, and has enlarged their understanding of Canada and the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 193 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Ciranda Cultural Group Culture at the Reach of All For over 20 years, Ciranda Cultural has been working in the editorial field publishing works for different publics: children…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 171 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Home to books for all ages, Walker Books publishes many award-winning authors, illustrators, and literary franchises including Anthony Horowitz, Angie Thomas, Cassandra Clare…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 168 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Der Carlsen Verlag mit Sitz im Herzen von Hamburg-Ottensen und Oldenburg gehört zur schwedischen Bonnier-Gruppe.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 149 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Gallimard Jeunesse, éditeur de livres pour les enfants Depuis sa naissance en 1972, Gallimard Jeunesse réunit les talents d'auteurs et d'illustrateurs pour mettre au service des…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 137 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Hachette Children’s Group is one of the largest children’s publishers in the UK, with an excellent track record in creating bestselling and award-winning books for children.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 131 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “The standard for excellence in children’s books”, Forbes Barefoot Books creates picture books, activity decks, board books, animated singalongs and educational content for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 109 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Clavis Publishing has been one of the leading publishing groups of children's and juvenile books in Belgium, the Netherlands and the US for over 30 years now.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 102 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “WHITCOULLS 2011 LIMITED is a retail company based out of 210 Queen St, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 93 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Fleurus Éditions is a publishing company based out of 57, Rue Gaston Tessier, Paris, Île-de-France, France.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Little Tiger is a creatively-led publisher of engaging and inspiring books for children and young people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 90 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Make Believe Ideas is a publisher of innovative books for children and babies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 87 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “At Phoenix International Publications (PIP), we are committed to crafting engaging, educational, and entertaining books and toys for children.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “ABDO has been a leader in children’s educational publishing for libraries and schools since 1985, providing high quality nonfiction and fiction titles for children and young…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Since its beginnings in 1935 as the first American publishing house founded with the purpose of publishing only children's books, Holiday House has been proud to gather together…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 57 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Das alles sind wir: ein erfolgreicher Publikumsverlag für Kinder- und Geschenkbücher, ein offenes und wissbegieriges Team, bunt in unseren Ideen und begeistert in unserem Tun.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 56 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Based on the West Coast, Ten Speed Press spent decades as an independent publisher before becoming part of the Crown Publishing Group in 2009.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “A Leading Global Publisher of Illustrated Books That Shape Culture.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Desde hace 21 años conformamos un grupo editorial que busca satisfacer las necesidades educativas, didácticas y lúdicas de padres y chicos.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: picture book publishers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names picture book publishers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of picture book publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name picture book publishers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Picture book publishers worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among picture book publishers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for picture book publishers are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “picture book publishers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names picture book publishers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among picture book publishers, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 3,453 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Picture book publishers by location
4 lists · largest firstEvery Picture book publishers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names picture book publishers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many picture book publishers are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 911 picture book publishers worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Scholastic, headquartered in New York, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most picture book publishers?
The United States leads with 141 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (74) and Canada (29). Every picture book publishers list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most picture book publishers?
London leads with 29 headquartered companies, followed by Paris (14) and New York (13).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 3,453 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 911 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.