Anderson Press

https://www.andersenpress.co.uk/about-us/submitting-a-manuscript/

Anderson press is based in London and publishes children’s book for a variety of age groups. Their website states that for picture books the required amount of text is approximately 500 words. It is worth bearing in mind these kind of specifications when working, I would also like to compare this with other publishers to see if there is a fairly standard word ,count throughout. It would be a good idea to create books that could be submitted to the largest number of publishers possible. It would also be interesting to see if the books by my favourite authors and illustrators fit the criteria.
Anderson press only accept manuscripts posted to them. I would think this is a good way to cut down the number of submissions and filter out the people who are not willing to spend the time and money to print and post their manuscript. Personally I feel that sending a high quality print of my work to a publisher is much better for me than sending a low res pdf. I work mostly digitally and use a lot of textures in my work that can become lost in a low res image, I also think that digital looks much more appealing once printed out, especially on nice textured paper.
I would like to find out who works at the picture submissions department at Anderson press and invite them to our Hanbury exhibition in July.
I had a look through the recent releases in the 0-5 age range and there is a broad mix of books. There are remakes of well known classics, bold fun and colourful books for very small children, books to appeal to both parent and child, books based around humour, books that deal with difficult emotions, and debut books from new authors/illustrators. I read an article that gave advice about submitting to publishers and it mentioned the importance of researching the publisher to make sure your work fits with their current releases, I definitely feel that I could  approach Anderson press with my books.