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Best Children's Book Publishing Companies

Showing 64 publishers that match your search.

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Clarion Books

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

Part of: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt > Clarion Books

Location: Boston, US

Website: https://www.harpercollins.com/collections/books-by-clarion-books

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries -

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💥 Hit titles
The One Thing You'd Save

Linda Sue Park

The Raconteur's Commonplace Book

Kate Milford

The Wednesday Wars

Gary D. Schmidt

Arsenal Pulp Press

Genres: LGBTQ+, Young Adult, African-American, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Humor, Politics, Comics & Graphic Novels, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Fiction, Children's, Poetry, Nonfiction, and Cookbook

Location: Vancouver, CA

Website: https://arsenalpulp.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Butter Honey Pig Bread

Francesca Ekwuyasi

Getting Glam at Gram's

Sara Weed

Iron Goddess of Mercy

Larissa Lai

August House

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

Location: Atlanta, US

Website: https://www.augusthouse.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Anansi and the Tug o'War

Bobby Norfolk & Sherry Norfolk

As Luck Would Have It

Robert D. San Souci

Go to Sleep, Gecko!

Margaret Read MacDonald

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

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
No Naptime for Janie!

Margie Blumberg

Breezy Bunnies

Margie Blumberg

A Home for Hope!

Margie Blumberg, Renée Andriani

Heritage House

Genres: Art, Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Math & Science, Travel, Sports & Outdoors, True Crime, Humor, Nonfiction, and Children's

Part of: Heritage Group > Heritage House

Location: Vancouver, CA

Website: https://www.heritagehouse.ca/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Small press

💥 Hit titles
Railways Nation: Tales of Canadian Pacific

David Laurence Jones

Scallywag on the Salish Sea

Sara Cassidy

Wagon Road North

Art Downs

Sleeping Bear Press

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and Children's

Part of: Cherry Lake Publishing > Sleeping Bear Press

Location: Detroit, US

Website: https://sleepingbearpress.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
A Cape!

Marty Kelley

A Teacher Like You

Frank Murphy & Barbara Dan

Don't Call Me Fuzzybutt!

Robin Gorman Newman

Cardinal Rule Press

Genres: Picture Book, Diverse Literature, and Children's

Location: Detroit, US

Website: https://cardinalrulepress.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Dazzling Travis

Hannah Carmona

Kindness is a Kite String

Michelle Schaub

Chocolate Milk, Por Favor!

Maria Dismondy

Penny Candy Books

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and Children's

Location: Oklahoma City, US

Website: https://www.pennycandybooks.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC, LGBTQ

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Cloud Hopper

Beth Kephart

In One Ear & Out the Other

Diane Worthey

A Little Called Pauline

Gertrude Stein & Bianca Stone

Head of Zeus

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Thriller & Suspense, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Cookbook, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: London, GB

Website: https://headofzeus.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Children of D'Hara

Terry Goodkind

The Three-Body Problem

Liu Cixin

Doppler

Erlend Loe

Tuttle Publishing

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Art, Architecture, Business, Cookbook, DIY, History, Manga, Travel, Health & Wellbeing, Religion & Spirituality, Children's, and Nonfiction

Part of: Periplus Publishing Group > Tuttle Publishing

Location: Woodstock, US

Website: https://www.tuttlepublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Small press

💥 Hit titles
My First Origami Kit

Joel Stern

Buddhism Plain and Simple

Steve Hagen

A Geek in Japan

Hector Garcia

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