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Best Children's Book Publishing Companies

Showing 95 publishers that match your search.

Abrams Books

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

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

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

Atheneum Books

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

Part of: Simon and Schuster > Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing > Atheneum Books

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://simonandschusterpublishing.com/atheneum/index.html

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Judy Blume

Genesis Begins Again

Alicia D. Williams

Don't Ask Me Where I'm From

Jennifer De Leon

Annick Press

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Education & Reference, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and Children's

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://www.annickpress.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Yara's Spring

Jamal Saeed & Sharon E. McKay

Salma the Syrian Chef

Danny Ramadan

The Ghost Collector

Allison Mills

Dancing Cat Books

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

Part of: Cormorant Books > Dancing Cat Books

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://www.dcbyoungreaders.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Band of Merry Kids

David Skuy

Enid Strange

Meghan Rose Allen

The Marrow Thieves

Cherie Dimaline

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Genres: Education & Reference, Picture Book, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, 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

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

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

University press

💥 Hit titles
Crusader for Justice

Trevor W. Coleman & Peter J. Hammer

Rosie, A Detroit Herstory

Bailey Sisoy Isgro

Leaving Springfield

John Alberti

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

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Grannies Don't Fart!

Lisa Regan

Sleep, Little Pup

Jo Parry

Too Sneaky to Share

Lisa Regan

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

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

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

Flashlight Press

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

Location: Brooklyn, US

Website: https://flashlightpress.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
I Need My Monster

Amanda Noll

The Mess That We Made

Michelle Lord

Maddi's Fridge

Lois Brandt

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