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Best Middle Grade Book Publishing Companies

Showing 99 publishers that match your search.

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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

Penny Candy Books

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

Location: Oklahoma City, US

Website: https://www.pennycandybooks.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC, LGBTQ

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Cloud Hopper

Beth Kephart

In One Ear & Out the Other

Diane Worthey

A Little Called Pauline

Gertrude Stein & Bianca Stone

Hogs Back Books

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

Location: London, GB

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

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

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

Greenwillow Books

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

Part of: HarperCollins > HarperCollins Children's Books > Greenwillow

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.greenwillowbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Amelia Bedelia

Peggy Parish

The Bear and the Star

Lola M Schaefer

Return of the Thief

Megan Whalen Turner

Arsenal Pulp Press

Genres: Cookbook, LGBTQ+, Young Adult, Cookbook, African-American, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Humor, Politics, Comics & Graphic Novels, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Fiction, Children's, Poetry, and Nonfiction

Location: Vancouver, CA

Website: https://arsenalpulp.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Butter Honey Pig Bread

Francesca Ekwuyasi

The Girl Who Was Convinced Beyond All Reason That She Could Fly

Sybil Lamb

Iron Goddess of Mercy

Larissa Lai

Fledgling Press

Genres: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Women's Fiction, Action & Adventure, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Short Story, and Children's

Location: Edinburgh, GB

Website: https://www.fledglingpress.co.uk/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Whirligig

Andrew James Greig

When We Get To The Island

Alex Nye

Board

David C. Flanagan

Scholastic Press

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

Part of: Scholastic, Inc.> Scholastic Press

Location: New York City, US

Website: http://scholastic.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Largest

💥 Hit titles
Clifford the Big Red Dog

Norman Bridwell

The Magic School Bus

Joanna Cole

Goosebumps

R. L. Stine

Peachtree Publishers

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Cookbook, DIY, Environmental, Biographies & Memoirs, Travel, Children's, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Part of: Trustbridge Global Media > Peachtree Publishers

Location: Atlanta, US

Website: https://peachtree-online.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
No! Said Rabbit

Marjoke Henrichs

Superlative Birds

Leslie Bulion

Little Whale

Jo Weaver

Kane Miller Press

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

Part of: Educational Development Corporation > Kane Miller Press

Location: Los Angeles, US

Website: http://www.friends.kanemiller.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Bears Don't Read!

Emma Chichester Clark

Lifesize

Sophy Henn

Barbara Throws a Wobbler

Nadia Shireen

Boyds Mills Press

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

Part of: Astra Publishing House > Boyds Mills & Kane > Boyds Mills Press

Location: Philadelphia, US

Website: https://boydsmillsandkane.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
View from Pagoda Hill

Michaela MacColl

Little Scoot

Rebecca Dotlich

Grow

JoAnn Early Macken, Stephanie Fizer Colman

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