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Best Middle Grade Book Publishing Companies
A comprehensive directory of the best publishers in 2023, vetted by the team at Reedsy. Showing 88 publishers.
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Professional editors help your manuscript stand out for the right reasons.
We hope this directory will help you find the right publisher for your book. To get the most out of it, make sure to:
- Research the publisher;
- Study their submission guidelines; and
- Submit only in the genres they’re interested in.
For more tips on the process, learn how to get your book published and which publishers to avoid. Best of luck!
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Dundurn Press
Art, Architecture, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humor, Middle Grade, Mystery & Crime, Politics, Sports & Outdoors, Travel, True Crime, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Children's
Location - Toronto, CA
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.dundurn.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Persephone's Children
Rowan McCandless
Lost Shadow
Claire Gilchrist
Nothing Will Be Different
Tara McGowan-Ross
Quirk Books
DIY, Cookbook, History, Horror, Humor, Mystery & Crime, Politics, Sports & Outdoors, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, True Crime, Comics & Graphic Novels, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Fiction, Children's, Nonfiction, Poetry, Novella
Location - Philadelphia, US
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC
Submission format - Queries & manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.quirkbooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
Seth Grahame-Smith
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs
Geekerella
Ashley Poston
David Fickling Books
Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Children's
Location - Oxford, GB
Size - Small press
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - https://www.davidficklingbooks.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
💥 Hit titles
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
Mark Haddon
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
John Boyne
The Book of Dust
Philip Pullman
Farshore Books
Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Children's
Part of - HarperCollins > Farshore Books
Location - New York City, US
Size - Largest
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Website - https://www.farshore.co.uk/
💥 Hit titles
Minecraft
Nick Eliopulos
The Forgettery
Rachel Ip
This Can Never Be Real
Sera Milano
Hachette Livre
Literary Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Biographies & Memoirs, Politics, Cookbook, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Short Story, Novella, Children's
Location - New York City, US
Size - Largest
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - https://www.hachette.com/
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Talking to Strangers
Macolm Gladwell
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
I Am Malala
Malala Yousafzai
Versify
Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Diverse Literature, Children's, Poetry
Part of - HarperCollins > Versify
Location - Boston, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - , Physical Books, Audiobooks, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature
Submission format - Manuscript entries - Submit here
Website - https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/versify
💥 Hit titles
Anya and the Nightingale
Sofiya Pasternack
The Year I Flew Away
Marie Arnold
Emmy in the Key of Code
Aimee Lucido
Puffin Books
Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Children's
Part of - Penguin Random House > Penguin Young Readers > Puffin Books
Location - London, GB
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - https://www.penguin.com/publishers/puffin/
💥 Hit titles
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
Double Fudge
Judy Blume
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
Macmillan Publishers
Literary Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Biographies & Memoirs, Politics, Cookbook, Self-Help, Picture Book, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Short Story, Novella, Children's
Location - New York City, US
Size - Largest
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - https://macmillan.com/
💥 Hit titles
What Happened to You?
Oprah Winfrey & Bruce D. Perry
Aquarium
Yaara Shehori
Me
Elton John
Chicago Review Press
Middle Grade, Young Adult, African-American, Biographies & Memoirs, DIY, History, Politics, Sports & Outdoors, True Crime, Feminism, Education & Reference, Self-Help, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Children's, Nonfiction
Location - Chicago, US
Size - Mid size
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks
Diversity - Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC
Submission format - Book proposals - Submit here
Website - https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/
☑️ Indie publisher
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
Abe & Fido
Matthew Algeo
Absinthe & Flamethrowers
William Gurstelle
The Admiral and the Ambassador
Scott Martelle
Penguin Random House
Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Biographies & Memoirs, Politics, Cookbook, Romance, Picture Book, Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Short Story, Novella, Children's
Location - New York City, US
Size - Largest
Formats - Physical Books, Ebooks, Audiobooks
Website - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/
☑️ Accepts submissions
💥 Hit titles
The Testaments
Margaret Atwood
Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens
The Guardians
John Grisham
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