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Best Children's Book Publishing Companies

Showing 110 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.

Gibbs Smith

Genres: Picture Book, Architecture, DIY, Cookbook, Art, Humor, Education & Reference, Children's, and Nonfiction

Location: Salt Lake City, US

Website: https://www.gibbs-smith.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
101 More Things to Do with a Slow Cooker

Stephanie Ashcraft & Janet Eyring

Backyard Homesteader

Alison Candlin

A Young Scientist's Guide to Defying Disasters with Skill & Daring

James Doyle

Mandel Vilar Press

Genres: Jewish Literature, History, Politics, Picture Book, Biographies & Memoirs, Math & Science, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Nonfiction, Fiction, and Children's

Location: Hartford, US

Website: https://www.mvpublishers.org/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Hot Summer of 1968

Viliam Klimáček

My Real Name is Hanna

Tara Lynn Masih

I Am My Mother's Daughter: Wisdom on Life, Loss, and Love

Dara Kurtz

Levine Querido

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Comics & Graphic Novels, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Children's, and Fiction

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.levinequerido.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Everything Sad is True

Daniel Nayeri

The Stolen Prince of Cloudburst

Jaclyn Moriarty

Lupe Wong Won't Dance

Donna Barba Higuera

Red Deer Press

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, History, Humor, Science Fiction, Math & Science, Environmental, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Children's, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry

Part of: Fitzhenry & Whiteside > Red Deer Press

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://www.reddeerpress.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Boy Asked the Wind

Barbara Nickel

The Pact

Amanda West Lewis

Rainbow Crow

David Bouchard & David Jean

Persea Books

Genres: Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Politics, Feminism, LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Children's, Fiction, Nonfiction, Short Story, Poetry, and Novella

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.perseabooks.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Town Crier

Sarah Matthes

Gateway to Paradise

Matthew Vollmer

Dispatch Poems

Cam Awkward-Rich

Pelican Publishing Company

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Cookbook, Architecture, Humor, Sports & Outdoors, Children's, and Nonfiction

Part of: Arcadia Publishing > Pelican Publishing Company

Location: New Orleans, US

Website: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/imprints/pelican-publishing

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Cicada's Song

Ariane O'Pry Trammell

We Really, Really Want a Dog!

Susan Holt Kralovansky

Who Dat Baby?

Allison Dugas Behan

Wayne State University Press

Genres: Academic, Art, Education & Reference, History, African-American, Biographies & Memoirs, Narrative Nonfiction, Environmental, Math & Science, Health & Wellbeing, Medical, Humor, Sports & Outdoors, True Crime, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Urban Fiction, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, and Children's

Location: Detroit, US

Website: https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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University press

💥 Hit titles
Crusader for Justice

Trevor W. Coleman & Peter J. Hammer

Rosie, A Detroit Herstory

Bailey Sisoy Isgro

Leaving Springfield

John Alberti

Quarto Kids

Genres: Picture Book and Children's

Part of: Quarto Group > Quarto Kids

Location: London, GB

Website: https://www.quarto.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Mid size

💥 Hit titles
An ABC of Equality

Chana Ginelle Ewing

The Great Big Book of Families

Hoffman Mary

Sportopedia

Adam Skinner

Jewish Lights Publishing

Genres: Jewish Literature, Education & Reference, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Help, Health & Wellbeing, Environmental, Mystery & Crime, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Politics, Nonfiction, Children's, and Fiction

Part of: Turner Publishing Company > Jewish Lights Publishing

Location: Woodstock, US

Website: http://www.jewishlights.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Who Is A Jew?: Conversations

Meryl Hyman

The JGirl's Guide

Penina Adelman et al

Righteous Indignation

Margie Klein et al

ACC Art Books

Genres: Art, Architecture, Business, Picture Book, DIY, Cookbook, Travel, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: London, GB

Website: https://www.accartbooks.com/us/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
David Bowie: Icon

George Underwood

Loving

Hugh Nini & Neal Treadwell

Best Buildings Britain

Matthew Freedman

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