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Best Middle Grade Book Publishing Companies

Showing 103 publishers that match your search.

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

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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

Firefly Books

Genres: Art, Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, Cookbook, DIY, Health & Wellbeing, History, Environmental, Math & Science, Sports & Outdoors, Travel, Picture Book, Middle Grade, and Nonfiction

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://www.fireflybooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Cheerleading Book

Ali Moffat & Alana Potter

Capturing Motion

Stephen Dalton

The Inside Out of Flies

Erica McAlister

Pelican Publishing Company

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, History, Biographies & Memoirs, Cookbook, Architecture, Humor, Sports & Outdoors, Children's, and Nonfiction

Part of: Arcadia Publishing > Pelican Publishing Company

Location: New Orleans, US

Website: https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/imprints/pelican-publishing

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Cicada's Song

Ariane O'Pry Trammell

We Really, Really Want a Dog!

Susan Holt Kralovansky

Who Dat Baby?

Allison Dugas Behan

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

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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

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

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

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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

Prestel Publishing

Genres: Picture Book, Art, Cookbook, Photography, Architecture, Middle Grade, History, Politics, Biographies & Memoirs, and Nonfiction

Part of: Penguin Random House > Random House > Prestel Publishing

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://prestelpublishing.penguinrandomhouse.de/PublishingHouse/Prestel/58500.rhd

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals -

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Behind Bars

Vince Pollard

To Asia, With Love

Hetty McKinnon

A Visual Protest: The Art of BANKSY

Gianni Mercurio

Holiday House

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

Part of: Trustbridge Global Media > Holiday House

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://holidayhouse.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Mid size

💥 Hit titles
¡Baila, baila, baila!

Ethan Long

Big Cat

Ethan Long

Come Back, Ben

Ann Hassett & John Hassett

Imagine That Publishing

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

Location: London, GB

Website: https://www.imaginethat.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
I Love My Grandma

Robyn Gale

Superheroes LOVE Bedtime!

Katie Button

Animal ABC

Amber Lily & Zhanna Ovocheva

Gibbs Smith

Genres: Picture Book, Architecture, DIY, Cookbook, Art, Humor, Education & Reference, Nonfiction, and Middle Grade

Location: Salt Lake City, US

Website: https://www.gibbs-smith.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

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Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
101 More Things to Do with a Slow Cooker

Stephanie Ashcraft & Janet Eyring

Backyard Homesteader

Alison Candlin

A Young Scientist's Guide to Defying Disasters with Skill & Daring

James Doyle

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