Featured book: Nosy Rosie
Memorable books from meaningful stories.
Pet Published is an independent publisher and book-creation studio. Nosy Rosie is our own book, and your story could be next.
Nosy Rosie is a printed story-and-coloring book starring a real-life gray tabby. Rosie is already illustrated in color, and the world around her is left for the child to color in. It shows the kind of book we can make together.
8.5 × 11 in. portrait paperback, premium color. 14 illustrated story scenes. By Sky Kelly.
Our first completed example
Nosy Rosie: A Story & Coloring Adventure
Nosy Rosie is a finished, published book, available now. It is the clearest way to see the quality we bring to every project: one example of what we make, not the only thing we make.
What this book shows
- An original character, illustrated consistently on every page
- A story told in illustrated scenes
- A designed cover and interior
- A finished, published edition
- Format
- 8.5 × 11 in. portrait paperback, premium color
- Story scenes
- 14 illustrated scenes
- Author
- Sky Kelly
Inside Nosy Rosie
The character stays recognizable. The child creates the world.
Read the Story
Follow Rosie, a gray tabby inspired by a real cat, through fourteen illustrated story scenes.
Color the World
Rosie stays in color on every page. The rooms, gardens and places around her are left for the child to color.
Make It Your Own
Every finished page looks different, because each child chooses the colors. The character is familiar. The world is theirs.
Your book, next
From your story to a finished book
Every project starts with a conversation. Nothing is started or charged until you have approved the scope and a written quote.
Share Your Story
Tell us the idea, the character or the person behind the book. A few details are enough to begin.
We Create Your Book
We shape the story, artwork and design with you. Scope, price and timing are agreed with you first.
Review and Receive Your Finished Book
You review the work, and we deliver the finished book in the format we agreed together.
Book Creation Services
From idea to finished book.
Have a story you want to see in print? Pet Published helps creators turn ideas into professionally designed books, from children's storybooks and coloring books to formatting for print. Personalized pet books are one of our specialties.
Create
Develop the story, the characters and the artwork.
- Children's storybook creation
Design & Produce
Turn finished content into a professional, publishable book.
- Book cover and interior design
- Formatting and print-ready preparation
- Existing manuscript to finished book
Specialty Books
Formats close to our own publishing, including our pet-inspired roots.
- Personalized pet books
- Story-coloring books
- Coloring and activity books
Why Pet Published
Meaningful stories, turned into books worth keeping.
Pet Published is the publisher. Rosie is our first character, and pets are where we began. We believe the stories people care about are worth telling well.
Real stories first
Every book starts from something real, whether a pet, a person or a memory, and the personality that makes it recognizable.
Made to be kept
Printed books with care for the reader, meant to be shared, colored and brought back out.
Independent
A small publishing house, with a person behind every book.
Meet Rosie. Then imagine your story.
Read Rosie's story, or tell us about the book you have in mind.