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Best Children's Book Publishing Companies

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Tilbury House

Genres: Picture Book, Education & Reference, DIY, Health & Wellbeing, Environmental, Diverse Literature, Children's, and Nonfiction

Location: Thomaston, US

Website: https://www.tilburyhouse.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter?

Shani King

Calvin Gets the Last Word

Margo Sorenson

Waiting For a Warbler

Sneed B. Collard III

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

Enchanted Lion Books

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

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://enchantedlion.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Cry, Heart, But Never Break

Glenn Ringtved

Ballad

Blexbolex

Bertolt

Jacques Goldstyn

Andrea Colvin Creative Agency

Andrea Colvin founded Andrea Colvin Creative Agency in 2025 after three decades in the publishing industry. Andrea’s list focuses on books and illustration for young people, from picture books through new adult. She is especially looking to represent illustrators, middle-grade and YA prose authors, and creative nonfiction aimed at kids.

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

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.andreacolvincreative.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Digital - View guidelines →

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

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

Farshore Books

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

Part of: HarperCollins > Farshore Books

Location: New York City, US

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

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Largest

💥 Hit titles
Dragon Towers

Pip Bird

The Forgettery

Rachel Ip

This Can Never Be Real

Sera Milano

Heights Press

Heights Press was established in 2023 with the launch of our first series for the Cedar/Fenwick imprint, Hickory Hollow, featuring a cast of young characters in a town with secrets, mysteries, and discoveries to be made. Our mission is to provide original and unique stories. Stay tuned as we will be expanding our publishing program to include books for all ages and interests.

Genres: Children's

Part of: OverDrive

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.heights-press.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No Digital -

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Lost in Shellbark Forest

Mari Bolte

Secrets in the Shadows

Eleanor Cardell and Shams Nelson

The Perfect Recipe

Kelly J. Baptist, Kelley Barth, and Shams Nelson

Mighty Media

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

Location: Minneapolis, US

Website: https://mightymediapress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Monster Needs to Go to School

Paul Czajak

Stingray City

Ellen J. Prager

The Ugly Dumpling

Stephanie Campisi

Flying Eye Books

Genres: Picture Book and Children's

Part of: Nobrow Press > Flying Eye Books

Location: London, GB

Website: https://flyingeyebooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries & manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Professor Astro Cat's Frontiers of Space

Dominic Walliman & Ben Newman

Bandoola: The Great Elephant Rescue

William Grill

Shackleton's Journey

William Grill

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