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Best Children's Book Publishing Companies

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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

Thames & Hudson

Genres: Picture Book, Art, History, Architecture, Math & Science, Photography, DIY, Children's, and Nonfiction

Location: London, GB

Website: https://thamesandhudson.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic

Peter Furtado

1001 Bees

Joanna Rzezak

Out to Sea

Helen Kellock

Aladdin

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

Part of: Simon and Schuster > Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing > Aladdin

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://simonandschusterpublishing.com/aladdin/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Parker Looks Up

Parker Curry & Jessica Curry

Somewhere There Is Still a Sun

Michael Gruenbaum, Todd Hasak-Lowy

The Littlest Bigfoot

Jennifer Weiner

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

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Cheerleading Book

Ali Moffat & Alana Potter

Capturing Motion

Stephen Dalton

The Inside Out of Flies

Erica McAlister

Peter Pauper Press

Genres: Picture Book, Humor, Travel, Cookbook, DIY, Children's, and Nonfiction

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.peterpauper.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
All the Birds in the World

David Opie

Arnold the Brave

Gundi Herget & Nikolai Renger

All the Lost Things

Kelly Canby

ABDO Publishing

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Education & Reference, Comics & Graphic Novels, and Children's

Location: Minneapolis, US

Website: https://abdobooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Big Nate

Lincoln Peirce

Vampire Wars

Heather Knox

Amelia Rules

Jimmy Gownley

NewSouth Publishing

Genres: Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, History, Politics, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Sydney, AU

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

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
British India, White Australia

Kama Maclean

Tongerlongeter

Henry Reynolds & Nicholas Clements

Beyond the Hero’s Journey

Anthony Mullins

Sleeping Bear Press

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

Part of: Cherry Lake Publishing > Sleeping Bear Press

Location: Detroit, US

Website: https://sleepingbearpress.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
A Cape!

Marty Kelley

A Teacher Like You

Frank Murphy & Barbara Dan

Don't Call Me Fuzzybutt!

Robin Gorman Newman

Harper Teen

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

Part of: HarperCollins > HarperCollins Children's Books > Harper Teen

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.harpercollins.com/collections/books-for-teens

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson

Coraline

Neil Gaiman

Lee & Low Books

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

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.leeandlow.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
I'll Build You a Bookcase

Jean Ciborowski Fahey

The Wind Called My Name

Mary Louise Sanchez

I Am Alfonso Jones

Tony Medina

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