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Best Children's Book Publishing Companies

Showing 100 publishers that match your search.

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

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

Harper Teen

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

Part of: HarperCollins > HarperCollins Children's Books > Harper Teen

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.harpercollins.com/collections/books-for-teens

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson

Coraline

Neil Gaiman

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

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
¡Baila, baila, baila!

Ethan Long

Big Cat

Ethan Long

Come Back, Ben

Ann Hassett & John Hassett

Kane Miller Press

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

Part of: Educational Development Corporation > Kane Miller Press

Location: Los Angeles, US

Website: http://www.friends.kanemiller.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Bears Don't Read!

Emma Chichester Clark

Lifesize

Sophy Henn

Barbara Throws a Wobbler

Nadia Shireen

Rosen Publishing

Genres: African-American, Education & Reference, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Picture Book, Politics, History, Sports & Outdoors, Math & Science, Biographies & Memoirs, Law, Diverse Literature, BIPOC, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.rosenpublishing.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Climate Change

Char Light

Will the Word Eater

Roger Rosen

The Geography of South Asia

Rachael Morlock

Peachtree Publishers

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Cookbook, DIY, Environmental, Biographies & Memoirs, Travel, Children's, Fiction, and Nonfiction

Part of: Trustbridge Global Media > Peachtree Publishers

Location: Atlanta, US

Website: https://peachtree-online.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
No! Said Rabbit

Marjoke Henrichs

Superlative Birds

Leslie Bulion

Little Whale

Jo Weaver

Charlesbridge

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

Location: Detroit, US

Website: https://www.charlesbridge.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
A Long Pitch Home

Natalie Dias Lorenzi

Running Full Tilt

Michael Currinder

A Place to Start a Family

David L. Harrison

Dancing Cat Books

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

Part of: Cormorant Books > Dancing Cat Books

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://www.dcbyoungreaders.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Band of Merry Kids

David Skuy

Enid Strange

Meghan Rose Allen

The Marrow Thieves

Cherie Dimaline

Waterbrook & Multnomah

Genres: Christian, Religion & Spirituality, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children's

Part of: Penguin Random House > Random House > Waterbrook & Multnomah

Location: Denver, US

Website: https://waterbrookmultnomah.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Get Out of Your Head: Stopping the Spiral of Toxic Thoughts

Jennie Allen

Relationship Goals: How to Win at Dating, Marriage, and Sex

Michael Todd

Bronco and Friends: A Party to Remember

Tim Tebow

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