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Top 25 Picture book publishers based in the United States
RevenueBase identified 141 picture book publishers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 9,233 professional contacts across them, including 1,811 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.
This list covers picture book publishers headquartered in the United States, 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.
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The 25 largest picture book publishers based in the United States
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 | 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. | |||||
| 3 | 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. | |||||
| 4 | 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. | |||||
| 5 | 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. | |||||
| 6 | 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. | |||||
| 7 | 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. | |||||
| 8 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Charlesbridge Publishing is an independent publisher of high-quality books for children and young adults.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Peachtree Publishers is a trade book publisher, specializing in quality children's books.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 20 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “We are an acclaimed publisher of award-winning children’s fiction and nonfiction books.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 14 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “For over thirty five years, The Twin Sisters®, Kim Mitzo Thompson and Karen Mitzo Hilderbrand, have been creating, producing, and publishing topnotch educational digital media for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 7 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Ladderworks is a publishing platform of picture books and educational content, with the mission to empower over a million kids to become social entrepreneurs and advance the SDGs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 5 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Eerdmans Books for Young Readers is the childrens imprint of Wm.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Arbordale Publishing LLC has a mission to get young children excited about science and math through picture books.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 4 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Little Genius Books is an independent publisher of children’s books, specializing in creating high-quality, affordable content.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 3 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Imagine and Wonder is a boutique New York publisher and distributor of titles that we believe need to be in the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Creative Media Publishing is an online, eBook, and print publisher of children's and teen fiction and non-fiction titles.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 2 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Nogginnose, we’re convinced that good stories wear many costumes.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Headquartered in the United States, The Empire Publishers is a dynamic global publishing house renowned for its diverse literary offerings, with a special passion for enchanting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “TaleZilla has one of the largest collection of original children's stories that are highly engaging, educational and promotes the love for learning through books about incredible…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 1 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Piccolo Press is an independent publisher of fun-spirited books for kids.” 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 based in the United States at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 141 companies.
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.
- What qualifies
- Companies headquartered in the United States 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. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
- 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, 1,811 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
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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 based in the United States?
RevenueBase identified 141 picture book publishers headquartered in the United States 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 city has the most picture book publishers?
New York leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Chicago (6) and Los Angeles (6).
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 1,811 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 141 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.
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