Milk & Cookies Press: Our Story
Milk & Cookies Press was launched in the fall of 2004 as the children’s imprint of iBooks, marking the fifth anniversary of iBooks’ relationship with its distributor, Simon & Schuster. Introducing the first list, Byron Preiss set out a threefold mission: to publish books by honored authors and illustrators while introducing exciting new talent; to bring distinguished talents from other fields, such as film and music, into children’s books; and to revive superb picture-book classics in new editions.
The first list delivered on all three. Caldecott Medal winner David Wiesner illustrated Gonna Roll the Bones, adapted from Fritz Leiber’s Hugo Award–winning story. Leo and Diane Dillon’s The Porcelain Cat launched the Gold Editions, which brought important picture books back into print. Joni Mitchell and Brian Froud adapted her song Chelsea Morning, packaged with a CD of her recording, and Sarah So Small introduced American readers to the illustrator Quentin Gréban.
Today Milk & Cookies Press publishes picture books and nonfiction for young readers, including the Discovering Dinosaurs series.