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Best Children's Book Publishing Companies

Showing 71 publishers that match your search.

💡 As a best practice, be sure to thoroughly research publishers before submitting to them. We strongly recommend reading this post and Writer Beware to know what red flags to watch out for.

💡 Publisher sizes are estimated. Our directory defines size as:

  • Small press: A publisher with annual sales below $25 million
  • Mid-size: A publisher with annual sales between $25-150 million
  • Largest: A publisher with annual sales over $150 million

Ten Speed Young Readers

Ten Speed Young Readers is an imprint of Ten Speed Press, part of the Crown Publishing Group at Penguin Random House focused on publishing bold and imaginative fiction and nonfiction with a distinctive aesthetic and fresh perspective, delivering stories that inspire and entertain, ranging from the provocative to the profound to the seriously fun.

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, and Picture Book

Part of: Penguin Random House > Crown Publishing Group > Ten Speed Press

Location: San Francisco, US

Website: https://sites.prh.com/tenspeedyoungreaders

Accepts unagented submissions

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Honey Blossom Press

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, BIPOC, Business, Children's, Cookbook, Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Mystery & Crime, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Politics, Romance, Science Fiction, Self-Help, True Crime, Women's Fiction, and Young Adult

Location: Philadelphia, US

Website: https://www.honeyblossompress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Digital - View guidelines →

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Watkins

Genres: Children's, Cookbook, Diverse Literature, Environmental, Health & Wellbeing, History, Narrative Nonfiction, and Self-Help

Location: London, GB

Website: https://watkinspublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book pitches - View guidelines →

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Soberish

Kayla Lyons

Rebel Gardening

Alessandro Vitale

England on Fire

Stephen Ellcock and Mat Osman

ORO Editions

Genres: Academic, Architecture, Biographies & Memoirs, Children's, Comics & Graphic Novels, Education & Reference, Environmental, Historical Fiction, History, Math & Science, Nonfiction, Photography, Picture Book, Poetry, Politics, Psychology, Religion & Spirituality, Sports & Outdoors, Technology, and Travel

Location: San Francisco, US

Website: https://oroeditions.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

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Timeless

Patrick Ahearn

Manual of Biogenic House Sections

Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, and David J. Lewis

Emergent Tokyo

Jorge Almazán

Creative Minds Publications

Creative Mind Publications is an award-winning independent publishing and literacy consulting company that helps authors bring their books to life and helps teach the world to read.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Children's, Christian, Fiction, and Women's Fiction

Location: Richmond, US

Website: https://creativemindspublications.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Digital - View guidelines →

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The Boy With the Magic Thumb

Laura Jacobson

Two Mice at the Eiffel Tower

Donna Dalton

The Alternate World

Kathryn Starke

Just Us Books

Genres: Picture Book, African-American, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Children's, and Poetry

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://justusbooks.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries - View guidelines →

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The Talk

Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices

Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson

We Could Be Brothers

Derrick Barnes

MB Publishing

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Jewish Literature, and Children's

Location: Washington DC, US

Website: https://mbpublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

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Small press

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No Naptime for Janie!

Margie Blumberg

Breezy Bunnies

Margie Blumberg

A Home for Hope!

Margie Blumberg, Renée Andriani

Paraclete Press

Genres: Christian, Catholic, Nonfiction, Fiction, Children's, and Poetry

Location: Boston, US

Website: https://paracletepress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

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My Baptism Book

Sophie Piper

The Fire Within

Ronald Rolheiser

Looking From the Precipice

Botrus Mansour

The Jewish Publication Society

Genres: Jewish Literature, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Education & Reference, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Philadelphia, US

Website: https://jps.org/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

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Thinking About Good and Evil

Wayne Allen

The Book of Tradition

Abraham Ibn Daud

A New Hasidism: Roots

Arthur Green & Ariel Evan Mayse

Fledgling Press

Genres: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Women's Fiction, Action & Adventure, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Short Story, and Children's

Location: Edinburgh, GB

Website: https://www.fledglingpress.co.uk/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries - View guidelines →

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Whirligig

Andrew James Greig

When We Get To The Island

Alex Nye

Board

David C. Flanagan

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