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Best Children's Book Publishing Companies

Showing 64 publishers that match your search.

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Arbordale Publishing

Genres: Picture Book, Environmental, and Children's

Location: Charleston, US

Website: https://www.arbordalepublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Creek Critters

Jennifer Keats Curtis

Anybody Home?

Marianne Berkes

A Warm Winter Tail

Carrie A. Pearson

Hachai Publishing

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

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.hachai.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
I Go To The Dentist

Rikki Benenfeld

If I Went To The Moon

Sara Blau

Pat Roll Pull

Robin Heald

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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Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Boy Asked the Wind

Barbara Nickel

The Pact

Amanda West Lewis

Rainbow Crow

David Bouchard & David Jean

Odyssey Books

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Biographies & Memoirs, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Urban Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Christian, Cookbook, Young Adult, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Paraparaumu, NZ

Website: http://www.odysseybooks.com.au/

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Small press

💥 Hit titles
Court of the Grandchildren

Greg Finlayson & Michael Muntisov

Esme's Gift

Elizabeth Foster

Bernice Takes a Plunge

Ann Harth

Kar-Ben Publishing

Genres: Jewish Literature, Picture Book, Education & Reference, Diverse Literature, and Children's

Part of: Lerner Publishing Group > KarBen Publishing

Location: Minneapolis, US

Website: https://www.karben.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Key From Spain

Debbie Levy

The Singer and the Scientist

Lisa Rose

Judah Touro Didn't Want to Be Famous

Audrey Ades

Albert Whitman & Company

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Fantasy, Art, History, Historical Fiction, Environmental, Math & Science, Action & Adventure, Humor, Science Fiction, Diverse Literature, Children's, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Novella

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://www.albertwhitman.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Boxcar Children

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Dust of Eden

Mariko Nagai

We Want to Go to School!

Maryann Cocca-Leffler & Janine Leffler

Hogs Back Books

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

Location: London, GB

Website: http://www.hogsbackbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Croc on the Rock

Marion Clark & Tanya Fenton

Where Is My Bear?

Darcy Coxall & Menno Wittebrood

Hugh's Blue Day

Karen Hodgson & Ross Collins

Mythos and Ink

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Feminism, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Religion & Spirituality, Comics & Graphic Novels, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://www.mythosink.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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Small press

💥 Hit titles
Under the Lesser Moon

Shelly Campbell

Super Sick

Allison Alexander

Thy Geekdom Come

Casey L. Covel

Lion Hudson

Genres: Christian, Religion & Spirituality, Children's, Nonfiction, and Fiction

Part of: SPCK > Lion Hudson

Location: Oxford, GB

Website: https://www.lionhudson.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Louisa Freya, Dragon Slayer

Amy Scott Robinson

Jane Austen Investigates

Julia Golding

The Lion Bible for Children

Helen Cann & Murray Watts

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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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

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