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Best Children's Book Publishing Companies

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Amazon Crossing Kids

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, BIPOC, Children's, Diverse Literature, Fiction, Middle Grade, Narrative Nonfiction, and Nonfiction

Part of: Amazon Publishing > Amazon Crossing Kids

Location: Seattle, US

Website: https://amazonpublishing.amazon.com/amazon-crossing-kids.html

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
A Sari for Ammi

Mamta Nainy

The Night Raven

Johan Rundberg

Piece by Piece

David Aguilar & Ferran Aguilar

Wildling Press

Genres: Action & Adventure, African-American, Biographies & Memoirs, BIPOC, Children's, Diverse Literature, Fantasy, Feminism, Historical Fiction, Horror, LGBTQ+, Middle Grade, Narrative Nonfiction, Novella, Picture Book, Poetry, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story, Thriller & Suspense, Urban Fiction, Women's Fiction, and Young Adult

Location: Richmond, US

Website: https://www.wildlingpress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Blameless

E.S. Christison

Cursed Coven

Kara Badalamenti

Lavender Speculation

Jamie Zaccaria

Marginalian Editions

Marginalian Editions is a collaboration between Sarah McNally of McNally Jackson Books and writer Maria Popova, who selects and introduces forgotten masterworks that deserve a second life-uncommon books at the intersection of wonder and our search for meaning, from science and philosophy to poetry and children's literature.

Genres: Academic, History, Poetry, Children's, and Math & Science

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.mcnallyeditions.com/marginalian

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Willard Gibbs: The Whole Is Simpler than Its Parts

Muriel Rukeyser

Is Peace Possible?

Kathleen Lonsdale

Alpha and Omega

Jane Ellen Harrison

University of Queensland Press

Genres: Children's, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Story, and Young Adult

Location: Sydney, AU

Website: https://www.uqp.com.au/

Accepts unagented submissions

No Manuscript entry - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko

The Elephant

Peter Carnavas

Dropbear

Evelyn Araluen

Heights Press

Heights Press was established in 2023 with the launch of our first series for the Cedar/Fenwick imprint, Hickory Hollow, featuring a cast of young characters in a town with secrets, mysteries, and discoveries to be made. Our mission is to provide original and unique stories. Stay tuned as we will be expanding our publishing program to include books for all ages and interests.

Genres: Children's

Part of: OverDrive

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.heights-press.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No Digital -

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Lost in Shellbark Forest

Mari Bolte

Secrets in the Shadows

Eleanor Cardell and Shams Nelson

The Perfect Recipe

Kelly J. Baptist, Kelley Barth, and Shams Nelson

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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

Part of: Hachette > Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.lbyr.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
The Queen of Nothing

Holly Black

Dear Evan Hansen

Val Emmich et al

Think Big, Little One

Vashti Harrison

Immedium

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

Location: San Francisco, US

Website: http://www.immedium.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Sora and the Cloud

Felicia Hoshino

The Adventures of Wonderbaby

Oliver Chin

Year of the Dragon

Oliver Chin & Jennifer Wood

The Upper Room

Genres: Christian, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Nashville, US

Website: https://upperroombooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Small press

💥 Hit titles
A Bead and A Prayer

Kristen E. Vincent

What Loss Can Teach Us

Beth Taulman Miller

Ready, Set, Plant

Bener Agtarap & Curtis Brown

Wakefield Press

Genres: Literary Fiction, Young Adult, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Art, Cookbook, Environmental, Education & Reference, Nonfiction, Fiction, and Children's

Location: Cambridge, US

Website: https://www.wakefieldpress.com.au/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
A Photographic Memory

Erina Hutton

Recruited

Lauren Anderson

The Miscreants

Christopher Hawkes

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Genres: Education & Reference, Picture Book, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Children's

Location: Boston, US

Website: https://www.hmhco.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Largest

💥 Hit titles
My Little Ocean

Katrin Wiehle

Almost Time

Gary D. Schmidt et al

Ghosts of the Missing

Kathleen Donohoe

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