Looking to publish? Meet your dream editor, designer and marketer on Reedsy.

Find the perfect editor for your next book

1 million authors trust the professionals on Reedsy. Come meet them.

DIRECTORY

Best Children's Book Publishing Companies

Showing 172 publishers that match your search.

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

Bloomsbury Australia

Genres: Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Education & Reference, Biographies & Memoirs, Horror, Action & Adventure, Self-Help, Historical Fiction, Sports & Outdoors, Mystery & Crime, History, Business, Travel, Women's Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Architecture, Art, Cookbook, Humor, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's, Poetry, and Short Story

Location: Sydney, AU

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

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
As Far as You'll Take Me

Phil Stamper

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

The Shape of Darkness

Laura Purcell

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

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

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

Sky Pony Press

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

Part of: Skyhorse Publishing > Sky Pony Press

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.skyponypress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries & manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Hacks for Minecrafters

Megan Miller

My Fairy Godmother Is a Drag Queen

David Clawson

The Next Together

Lauren James

Pioneer Drama

Genres: Screenplays, Fiction, and Children's

Location: Denver, US

Website: https://www.pioneerdrama.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Beautiful

Shawn Deal

The Emperor's Old Clothes

Faye Couch Reeves

Alice in Cyberland

Mark Landon Smith

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

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Children of D'Hara

Terry Goodkind

The Three-Body Problem

Liu Cixin

Doppler

Erlend Loe

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

Abrams Books

Genres: Picture Book, Art, Middle Grade, Young Adult, DIY, Environmental, Photography, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, Children's, and Poetry

Part of: La Martiniere > Abrams Books

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.abramsbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney

The Good Neighbor

Maxwell King

The Ship of Stolen Words

Fran Wilde

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 →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Whirligig

Andrew James Greig

When We Get To The Island

Alex Nye

Board

David C. Flanagan

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

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

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

Get a professional opinion on your query letter

Reedsy editors have worked at major publishers. Ask for a "query letter review."