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Best Children's Book Publishing Companies

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Lion Hudson

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

Part of: SPCK > Lion Hudson

Location: Oxford, GB

Website: https://www.lionhudson.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Louisa Freya, Dragon Slayer

Amy Scott Robinson

Jane Austen Investigates

Julia Golding

The Lion Bible for Children

Helen Cann & Murray Watts

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

Heritage House

Genres: Art, Photography, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Math & Science, Travel, Sports & Outdoors, True Crime, Humor, Nonfiction, and Children's

Part of: Heritage Group > Heritage House

Location: Vancouver, CA

Website: https://www.heritagehouse.ca/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Railways Nation: Tales of Canadian Pacific

David Laurence Jones

Scallywag on the Salish Sea

Sara Cassidy

Wagon Road North

Art Downs

Moody Publishers

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

Location: Chicago, US

Website: https://www.moodypublishers.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Five Love Languages

Gary Chapman

Jack vs. the Tornado

Amanda Cleary Eastep

Prevailing Prayer

Dwight L. Moody

Kids Can Press

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Comics & Graphic Novels, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and Children's

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://www.kidscanpress.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Franklin the Turtle

Paulette Bourgeois

111 Trees

Rina Singh & Marianne Ferrer

If You Were Night

Muon Thi Van

Bloomsbury Children's Books

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

Part of: Bloomsbury > Bloomsbury Children's Books

Location: London, GB

Website: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/childrens/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Harry Potter

J.K. Rowling

A Court of Thorns and Roses

Sarah J. Maas

Ruby Has A Worry

Tom Percival

Sky Pony Press

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

Part of: Skyhorse Publishing > Sky Pony Press

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.skyponypress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries & manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Hacks for Minecrafters

Megan Miller

My Fairy Godmother Is a Drag Queen

David Clawson

The Next Together

Lauren James

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

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

Katha Press

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

Location: New Delhi, IN

Website: https://books.katha.org/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Contests - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Millions of Cats

Wanda Gág

NoNo and Plink Plunk

Vinalini Mathrini

Abba's Day

Sunaina Ali

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