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Best Middle Grade Book Publishing Companies

Showing 98 publishers that match your search.

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

Bloomsbury Australia

Genres: Literary Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Education & Reference, Biographies & Memoirs, Horror, Action & Adventure, Self-Help, Historical Fiction, Sports & Outdoors, Mystery & Crime, History, Business, Travel, Women's Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Architecture, Art, Cookbook, Humor, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's, Poetry, and Short Story

Location: Sydney, AU

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

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
As Far as You'll Take Me

Phil Stamper

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Stuart Turton

The Shape of Darkness

Laura Purcell

August House

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

Location: Atlanta, US

Website: https://www.augusthouse.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Anansi and the Tug o'War

Bobby Norfolk & Sherry Norfolk

As Luck Would Have It

Robert D. San Souci

Go to Sleep, Gecko!

Margaret Read MacDonald

Third World Press Foundation

Genres: Screenplays, Young Adult, African-American, Middle Grade, Education & Reference, History, Politics, Urban Fiction, Academic, Biographies & Memoirs, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, and Children's

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://thirdworldpressfoundation.org/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Taught by Women

Haki Madhubuti

Harlem Renaissance Redux

Herb Boyd

Aloneness

Gwendolyn Brooks

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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

Part of: Hachette > Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.lbyr.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
The Queen of Nothing

Holly Black

Dear Evan Hansen

Val Emmich et al

Think Big, Little One

Vashti Harrison

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

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

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

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

Yes Queries - View guidelines →

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

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

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