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Best Children's Book Publishing Companies

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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

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

Penny Candy Books

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

Location: Oklahoma City, US

Website: https://www.pennycandybooks.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, BIPOC, LGBTQ

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Cloud Hopper

Beth Kephart

In One Ear & Out the Other

Diane Worthey

A Little Called Pauline

Gertrude Stein & Bianca Stone

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

Thames & Hudson Australia

Genres: Art, Architecture, Biographies & Memoirs, Business, Picture Book, DIY, History, Humor, Environmental, Math & Science, Education & Reference, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, Children's, and Poetry

Location: Melbourne, AU

Website: https://thamesandhudson.com.au/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Reading the Seasons

Alice Provensen & Martin Provensen

Photography: the Whole Story

Juliet Hacking

The Poet of Piney Woods

Bob Raczka

Hachai Publishing

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

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.hachai.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
I Go To The Dentist

Rikki Benenfeld

If I Went To The Moon

Sara Blau

Pat Roll Pull

Robin Heald

Abrams Books

Genres: Picture Book, Art, Middle Grade, Young Adult, DIY, Environmental, Photography, Comics & Graphic Novels, Nonfiction, and Children's

Part of: La Martiniere > Abrams Books

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.abramsbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney

The Good Neighbor

Maxwell King

The Ship of Stolen Words

Fran Wilde

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

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

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

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