Rubin Pfeffer
Rubin Pfeffer is a veteran of more than 50 years in Trade Publishing. For nearly three decades with Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Pfeffer rose from designer to President of HBJ’s distinguished Trade division, working with world-renowned writers among them Alice Walker, Mark Helprin, Umberto Eco on the adult side and Virginia Hamilton, Don and Audrey Wood, and Nancy Willard in children’s. During this period, HBJ earned coveted awards including the National Book, Pulitzer, Nobel, Newbery, Caldecott, and Coretta Scott King.
He went on to serve as SVP, Chief Creative Officer for Pearson, coordinating cross-company product development among Penguin and DK and the corporation’s K-12 textbook publishers. He joined Simon & Schuster as SVP, Group Publisher of S&S BFYR, Atheneum, McElderry Books and launched a successful new imprint for picture books, Beach Lane Books which won a Caldecott Honor in its first year. During his tenure, his imprints achieved impressive growth each year. He had the pleasure of introducing acclaimed adult writers to children’s publishing, including Sean Covey and the 7 Habits franchise, Frank McCourt, Mary Higgins Clark, and Paula Deen. He maximized subsidiary rights income, a highlight of which was to sell educational rights to Jon Sciezka’s Trucktown program.
Pfeffer agented with East West Literary Agency before launching Rubin Pfeffer Content in 2014. Prominent and award-winning talents he serves include Newbery medalists Kwame Alexander, Patricia MacLachlan, and Susan Cooper; Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Medalist Ekua Holmes, and National Book Award finalists Elana K. Arnold, Caren Stelson, and multi award-winning Carole Boston Weatherford. He enjoys introducing and mentoring new and emerging talents to the publishing community. He speaks at industry events and illustration college classes.
Represents
Around the World in a Bathtub
Girl Running
Daniel's Good Day
Snowman - Cold = Puddle
Prairie Days
Wonder Walkers
Snow Horses
What's New, Daniel?
When We Asked the Wind
While We're Here
The Geyser Blinked
Maudie and The Bear
Far From Fair
A Boy Called BAT
What Girls Are Made Of
BAT and the Waiting Game
Damsel
BAT and the End of Everything
What Riley Wore
Red Hood
An Ordinary Day
Starla Jean & Opal Egg
The House That Wasn't There
Just Harriet
Starla Jean Takes the Cake
Pip and Zip
All By Himself
Harriet Spies
Starla Jean Cracks the Case
The Blood Years
The Fish of Small Wishes
Harriet Tells the Truth
Untitled MG
Untitled YA
The Stuff of Stars
Sunshine
The Animals Speak
We, the Curious Ones
One Small Acorn
Our Life-Giving Earth
City of the Uncommon Thief
Cryptid Club: Bigfoot Takes the Field
Cryptid Club: A Nessie Situation
Cryptid Club: The Chupacabra Hoopla
Cryptid Club: You Don't Know Jackalope
Sylvia's Bookshop
Night Train, Night Train
O Captain, My Captain
Tiny Bird
Wilbur Wright and Lady Liberty
Breaking Waves
The Great Zombie Pumpkin Parade
Ice Bears at Ice Edge
Winter Magic
How to Pee for Girls
Fix-It-Man
Out!
Ninja Claus
The Danger Gang and Pirates of Borneo
Mixed
Vroom! Vroom!
Zero Zebras
Becoming Blue
365: How to Count a Year
Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho
Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat
Chicka I Love Mom/I Love Dad
The Boggart Fights Back
The Word Pirates
The Shortest Day
An American Story
Zora, the Story Keeper
My Daddy Changed the World
Her Crown Shines
Kumbaya
Hello
Rosie
What Riley Wore
Our Dragon
Like You
We'll See
Once I Was a Polliwog
Leap, Frog, Leap
Bears Are Big
Flamingos Fly
Curious Cares of Bears
The Wonderful Habits of Rabbits
Play! Play! Play!
Bath! Bath! Bath!
ICE!
Shabbat Shalom
We Go to Shul
Zoobilations
Brush! Brush! Brush!
Bed! Bed! Bed!
Windsongs
Cows and Sheep and Chicks that Peep
Thank You Sun
Flush! Flush! Flush!
Lion of the Sky
We Thrive
This is Not a Valentine
Everything You Need for a Treehouse
Bikes for Sale
Circle Under Berry
Audrey L and Audrey W: Best Friends-ish
Big and Small and In-between
Audrey L and Audrey W: True Creative Talents
A Story Is to Share
Some of These Are Snails
Round and Round the Year We Go
Field Day
The Moon's Almost Here
Someone Like Me
Just Dance
Little Robot Alone
My Father's Words
Chicken Talk
The Hundred Year Barn
My Friend Earth
Wondrous Rex
When Grandfather Flew
Barkus, The Most Fun
The Secret
When My Life Began
My Poet
Snow Horses
Painting the Game
Dream Within a Dream
Maudie and the Bear
Playtime
Remember
My Love Is Like a Fire Truck
Mine!
Dewey Dew, I Love You
Mr. Monkey Goes to School
Mr. Monkey Bakes a Cake
Duck on a Disco Ball
Mr. Monkey Takes a Hike
Just a Story
Art is Everywhere: A Book About Andy Warhol
Marcel's Masterpiece
Cryptid Club: Bigfoot Takes the Field
Cryptid Club: A Nessie Situation
Cryptid Club: The Chupacabra Hoopla
Cryptid Club: You Don't Know Jackalope
Scaredy Cats
Time to Make Art
Dog Gets a Pet
We Are Up a Tree
How to Write a Story
The Best Days are Dog Days
Delivery!
Now
Tomorrow is Waiting
Smitten with Kittens
The Great Zombie Pumpkin Parade
Ice Bears at Ice Edge
Winter Magic
My Farm Year
The Favorite Book
We Disagree
When You Take a Step
What's Your Name?
Wagnificent: Thunder and Sage
Wagnificent Book 2
Auma's Long Run
Persisterhood: Wangari Maathai
All the Birds in the World
All the Fish in the Seas
All the Insects in the World
All the Mammals in the World
West
When the Mapou Sings
I Bring You My Songs
The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things
The Twisted Tower of Endless Torment
The Horrible Bag of Terrible Things 3
The Quiet, Noisy Woods
Rodzilla
Pride: The Story of Harvey Milk
Peaceful Fights for Equal Rights
Stonewall
Ball and Balloon
Mayor Pete
The Fighting Infantryman
Bling Blaine
Two Grooms on a Cake
Stitch by Stitch
Blood Brothers
Mother of a Movement
A Song for the Unsung
Queer and Fearless
Between You and Me
We Are a Class
Andre
Book Comes Home
Lunchtime on the Lawn
A Family of Readers
Play Proud
Sachiko
A Bowl Full of Peace
Stars of the Night
The Return of the Sword
Tripping Back Blue
Dolly
Iris Apfel, Golden Book
This Book Will Make You an Artist
Audrey Hepburn, Golden Book
This Book Will Make You a Scientist
Dinosaurs, Space
Looking for Smile
Becoming Blue
The Tree That Fell
Tiny Thing
Jelly Bean and Shoe
A Huge Mistake (Nora Dinosaura)
Shanghai Sukkah
Before We Met
Feathers and Hair
Trees
If I Were a Tree
First Morning Sun
Fake Chinese Sounds
Seven Samosas
You Can Fly
The Legendary Miss Lena Horne
Schomburg
In Your Hands
How Sweet the Sound Amazing Grace
The Roots of Rap
By and By: Charles Tindley bio
Box
R E S P E C T
Beauty Mark
Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre
Dream for a Daughter
Madam Speaker
The Faith of Elijah
Call Me Miss Hamilton
Standing in the Need of Prayer
Song for the Unsung Bayard Rustin
All Rise: Ketanji Brown Jackson
How Do You Spell Unfair
Kin
BROS
Crown of Stories
Outspoken
Crowning Glory
Whirligigs
The Doll Test
Forthcoming from Lerner
Rap It Up!
Forthcoming from Macmillan/Holt
Bridges Instead of Walls
Forthcoming from Penguin/Rocky Pond
Shine: A Celebration of You
Forthcoming from Random House
Hair Like Obamas
Forthcoming from Abrams
Strength in Numbers
Forthcoming from HarperCollins
When I Move
Forthcoming from Union Square
Before He Was Thurgood
Forthcoming from Bloomsbury
14 Ways of Looking at a Jellyfish
Forthcoming from Candlewick
Troubled Waters
Forthcoming from Bloomsbury
Wordless Witness
Forthcoming from Chronicle
A Heart Like Harriet
Forthcoming from Abrams
Andre
Forthcoming from Macmillan
Tupac
Forthcoming from Penguin/Viking
AmA-Zing
Forthcoming from Simon & Schuster
Family Feast
Forthcoming from Penguin/Kokila
Ball and Balloon
Sheep-ish
Off Limits
I'm a Unicorn
Have You Seen My Invisible Dinosaur?
Is This... Winter?
New York, NY 10010
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