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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.

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/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Court of the Grandchildren

Greg Finlayson & Michael Muntisov

Esme's Gift

Elizabeth Foster

Bernice Takes a Plunge

Ann Harth

The Upper Room

Genres: Christian, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Nashville, US

Website: https://upperroombooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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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

Just Us Books

Genres: Picture Book, African-American, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Children's, and Poetry

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://justusbooks.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Talk

Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson

We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices

Wade Hudson & Cheryl Willis Hudson

We Could Be Brothers

Derrick Barnes

Hinkler

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Education & Reference, Humor, DIY, Health & Wellbeing, Cookbook, Children's, and Nonfiction

Location: Melbourne, AU

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

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Grannies Don't Fart!

Lisa Regan

Sleep, Little Pup

Jo Parry

Too Sneaky to Share

Lisa Regan

Firefly Books

Genres: Art, Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Cookbook, DIY, Health & Wellbeing, History, Environmental, Math & Science, Sports & Outdoors, Travel, Picture Book, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://www.fireflybooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Cheerleading Book

Ali Moffat & Alana Potter

Capturing Motion

Stephen Dalton

The Inside Out of Flies

Erica McAlister

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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Small press

💥 Hit titles
Dazzling Travis

Hannah Carmona

Kindness is a Kite String

Michelle Schaub

Chocolate Milk, Por Favor!

Maria Dismondy

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

Thames & Hudson Australia

Genres: Art, Architecture, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Picture Book, DIY, History, Humor, Environmental, Math & Science, Education & Reference, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, Children's, and Poetry

Location: Melbourne, AU

Website: https://thamesandhudson.com.au/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Reading the Seasons

Alice Provensen & Martin Provensen

Photography: the Whole Story

Juliet Hacking

The Poet of Piney Woods

Bob Raczka

Katha Press

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

Location: New Delhi, IN

Website: https://books.katha.org/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Small press

💥 Hit titles
Millions of Cats

Wanda Gág

NoNo and Plink Plunk

Vinalini Mathrini

Abba's Day

Sunaina Ali

Kids Can Press

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

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://www.kidscanpress.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

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Small press

💥 Hit titles
Franklin the Turtle

Paulette Bourgeois

111 Trees

Rina Singh & Marianne Ferrer

If You Were Night

Muon Thi Van

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