Nancy Paulsen Books

Nancy Paulsen Books is an imprint of the Penguin Young Readers Group. Nancy Paulsen has worked for Penguin for her entire career in publishing. She started out as an assistant at Viking Children's Books. She was Publisher at Puffin Books and at Putnam (where she edited three Newbery Honor winners) and in Fall 2011 her eponymous imprint, Nancy Paulsen Books, launched its first hardcover list. The imprint publishes fifteen books a year and focuses on "eye-opening, often funny picture books and fiction from diverse and distinct voices, especially stories that are inventive and emotionally satisfying." (source)

Of the 25 Nancy Paulsen books we had at the meeting, 19 were done by author-illustrators and we are very happy to announce that our own Molly Ruttan will soon be among them. Be on the lookout for The Stray in the summer of 2019. Congratulations, Molly!! 

Getting to know Nancy Paulsen Books

President & Publisher - Nancy Paulsen
2015 Interview
At SCBWI 2017
Nancy Paulsen Books is part of G. P. Putnam's Sons. See our Putnam post for a full list of editorial staff.

Books we had on hand (*indicates books we read):

Preaching to the Chickens: The Story of Young John Lewis (2016); Written by Jabari Asim; Illustrated by E.B. Lewis

I Hear a Pickle (and Smell, See, Touch, and Taste It, Too!) (2016); Written and illustrated by Rachel Isadora

*From Wolf to Woof (2016); Written and illustrated by Hudson Talbott

*With Any Luck, I'll Drive a Truck (2016); Written by David Friend; Illustrated by Michael Rex; Edited by Nancy Paulsen; Q&A with Nancy Paulsen and David Friend

Rock-a-Bye Romp (2016); Written by Linda Ashman; Illustrated by Simona Mulazzani

*Daniel Finds a Poem (2016); Written and illustrated by Micha Archer

Bea in the Nutcracker (2015); Written and illustrated by Rachel Isadora

Love is My Favorite Thing (2015); Written and illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark

*Edmund Unravels (2015); Written and illustrated by Andrew Kolb

*Bunny-Roo, I Love You (2015); Written by Melissa Marr; Illustrated by Teagan White

*Sleepover with Beatrice and Bear (2014); Written and illustrated by Mônica Carnesi

*The Baby Tree (2014); Written and illustrated by Sophie Blackall

Ten Thank-You Letters (2014); Written and illustrated by Daniel Kirk

*Maple and Willow Together (2014); Written and illustrated by Lori Nichols

*When an Alien Meets a Swamp Monster (2014); Written and illustrated by Cornelius Van Wright

Thomas Jefferson: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Everything (2014); Written and illustrated by Maira Kalman; Edited by Nancy Paulsen

Jake at Gymnastics (2014); Written and illustrated by Rachel Isadora

Ol' Mama Squirrel (2013); Written and Illustrated by David Ezra Stein

Twenty-Six Pirates: An Alphabet Book (2013); Written and illustrated by Dave Horowitz

The Girl Who Heard Colors (2013); Written by Marie Harris; Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley-Newton

Dream Friends (2013); Written and illustrated by You Byun

Old Mikamba Had a Farm (2013); Written and illustrated by Rachel Isadora

How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow (2013); Written and illustrated by Wendell Minor

Strega Nona Does it Again (2013); Written and illustrated by Tomie dePaola

Bea at Ballet (2012); Written and illustrated by Rachel Isadora













The next post (coming very soon!) will focus on books published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, an imprint of Penguin Random House.