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Best Picture Book Book Publishing Companies

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Cardinal Rule Press

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

Location: Detroit, US

Website: https://cardinalrulepress.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries & book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Dazzling Travis

Hannah Carmona

Kindness is a Kite String

Michelle Schaub

Chocolate Milk, Por Favor!

Maria Dismondy

Dial Books

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

Part of: Penguin Random House > Penguin Young Readers > Dial Books

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.penguin.com/dial-overview/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

Mildred D. Taylor

Darius the Great Is Not Okay

Adib Khorram

I'll Give You the Sun

Jandy Nelson

Thames & Hudson

Genres: Picture Book, Art, History, Architecture, Math & Science, Photography, DIY, Children's, and Nonfiction

Location: London, GB

Website: https://thamesandhudson.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Plague, Pestilence and Pandemic

Peter Furtado

1001 Bees

Joanna Rzezak

Out to Sea

Helen Kellock

Arbordale Publishing

Genres: Picture Book, Environmental, and Children's

Location: Charleston, US

Website: https://www.arbordalepublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Creek Critters

Jennifer Keats Curtis

Anybody Home?

Marianne Berkes

A Warm Winter Tail

Carrie A. Pearson

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

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

Albert Whitman & Company

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Fantasy, Art, History, Historical Fiction, Environmental, Math & Science, Action & Adventure, Humor, Science Fiction, Diverse Literature, Children's, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Novella

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://www.albertwhitman.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries & book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Boxcar Children

Gertrude Chandler Warner

Dust of Eden

Mariko Nagai

We Want to Go to School!

Maryann Cocca-Leffler & Janine Leffler

Quarto Kids

Genres: Picture Book and Children's

Part of: Quarto Group > Quarto Kids

Location: London, GB

Website: https://www.quarto.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
An ABC of Equality

Chana Ginelle Ewing

The Great Big Book of Families

Hoffman Mary

Sportopedia

Adam Skinner

MB Publishing

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

Location: Washington DC, US

Website: https://mbpublishing.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
No Naptime for Janie!

Margie Blumberg

Breezy Bunnies

Margie Blumberg

A Home for Hope!

Margie Blumberg, Renée Andriani

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