How to submit a book to Albert Whitman & Company
Reads unsolicited work
Albert Whitman reads unagented picture books, middle-grade and young adult novels sent to submissions@albertwhitman.com, and answers only if interested. It reissued Gertrude Chandler Warner’s The Boxcar Children.
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What it says
“Albert Whitman & Company currently has an open submissions policy.”
“Due to the great number of submissions we receive, we cannot respond to individual submissions unless we have further interest.”
“Send to: submissions@albertwhitman.com”
What it says it looks for
“We are seeking: Fiction and nonfiction manuscripts for picture books for children ages 1 to 8.”
“Please provide titles for up to three comparative books published in the past five years.”
What it has bought from outside
- 1942
The Boxcar Children, first published by Rand McNally in 1924, reissued in a revised form from Gertrude Chandler Warner
“Originally published in 1924 by Rand McNally (as The Box-Car Children) and reissued in a shorter revised form in 1942 by Albert Whitman & Company, [ 3 ] The Boxcar Children tells the story of four orphaned siblings: Henry, Jessie, Violet, and Benny Alden.” en.wikipedia.org
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