Jensen & Dalgaard (est. 2013) is an independent publishing house known for high quality picture books written and illustrated by the best of Danish artists. A wide range of their titles have been nominated for e.g. The Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize and won The Danish Cultural Ministry’s prizes for Children’s Literature. J&D’s most important aim in the field of children’s books is to heighten the esteem of children’s literature by treating it as: literature