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Best Children's Book Publishing Companies

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Candlewick Press

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

Part of: Walker Books > Candlewick Press

Location: Boston, US

Website: https://www.candlewick.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Where's Waldo?

Martin Handford

The Tale of Despereaux

Kate DiCamillo

Judy Moody and Stink

Megan McDonald

Starling Literary + Media

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Horror, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Thriller & Suspense, and Young Adult

Location: Los Angeles, US

Website: https://www.starlingliterary.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No Digital - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles

Hot Key Books

Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Children's, and Fiction

Part of: Bonnier Publishing > Hot Key Books

Location: London, GB

Website: http://hotkeybooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Sabriel

Garth Nix

Clap When You Land

Elizabeth Acevedo

The Cruel Prince

Holly Black

Essie White

Essie White Literary is a literary agency dedicated to representing both new and accomplished writers and illustrators.

Genres: Children's, Comics & Graphic Novels, Middle Grade, and Young Adult

Location: Minneapolis, US

Website: https://www.essiewhiteliterary.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles

Allen and Unwin

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Sports & Outdoors, True Crime, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help, Humor, History, Environmental, Politics, Business, Biographies & Memoirs, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Medical, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Sydney, AU

Website: https://www.allenandunwin.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No Manuscript entries & contests - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Lord of the Rings

J. R. R. Tolkien

Love Objects

Emily Maguire

Tashi

Anna & Barbara Fienberg

Ten Speed Young Readers

Ten Speed Young Readers is an imprint of Ten Speed Press, part of the Crown Publishing Group at Penguin Random House focused on publishing bold and imaginative fiction and nonfiction with a distinctive aesthetic and fresh perspective, delivering stories that inspire and entertain, ranging from the provocative to the profound to the seriously fun.

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

Part of: Penguin Random House > Crown Publishing Group > Ten Speed Press

Location: San Francisco, US

Website: https://sites.prh.com/tenspeedyoungreaders

Accepts unagented submissions

No Email submissions to tsyrsubmissions@tenspeed.com -

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Kid Potato

Neil Coslett

Others

Kobi Yamada

I Am Not Boring

Lena Podesta

Swift Water Books

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

Part of: Tundra Book Group

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/imprints/269/swift-water-books

Diversity: Indigenous-led imprint

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Digital only - View guidelines →

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Canada: We Are The Story

Richard Wagamese

Here for a Good Time

Kim Spencer

University of Queensland Press

Genres: Children's, Literary Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Short Story, and Young Adult

Location: Sydney, AU

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

Accepts unagented submissions

No Manuscript entry - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Too Much Lip

Melissa Lucashenko

The Elephant

Peter Carnavas

Dropbear

Evelyn Araluen

Versify

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

Part of: HarperCollins > Versify

Location: Boston, US

Website: https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/versify

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Anya and the Nightingale

Sofiya Pasternack

The Year I Flew Away

Marie Arnold

Emmy in the Key of Code

Aimee Lucido

Two Lions

Genres: Children's and Fiction

Part of: Amazon Publishing > Two Lions

Location: Seattle, US

Website: https://amazonpublishing.amazon.com/two-lions.html

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
You Are (Not) Small

Anna Kang

I Am Able to Shine

Korey Watari

Comet the Unstoppable Reindeer

Jim Benton

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