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Best Middle Grade Book Publishing Companies

Showing 105 publishers that match your search.

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

Gibbs Smith

Genres: Picture Book, Architecture, DIY, Cookbook, Art, Humor, Education & Reference, Nonfiction, and Middle Grade

Location: Salt Lake City, US

Website: https://www.gibbs-smith.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries & book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
101 More Things to Do with a Slow Cooker

Stephanie Ashcraft & Janet Eyring

Backyard Homesteader

Alison Candlin

A Young Scientist's Guide to Defying Disasters with Skill & Daring

James Doyle

Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

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

Part of: Eerdmans Publishing > Eerdmans Books for Young Readers

Location: Detroit, US

Website: https://www.eerdmans.com/youngreaders/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
The Story of Bodri

Hédi Fried

A Different Story

Adolfo Serra

Snowmen Live Forever

Thierry Dedieu

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

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💥 Hit titles
The Giving Tree

Shel Silverstein

Bridge to Terabithia

Katherine Paterson

Coraline

Neil Gaiman

Pirates

Genres: Middle Grade, Picture Book, Literary Fiction, Fantasy, Self-Help, and Fiction

Location: New Delhi, IN

Website: https://www.pirates.ind.in/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals & queries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Two Sides of a Coin

Jay Joshi

1000 Kilograms of Goa

Rohan Govenkar

The Seal of Surya

Amritanshu Pandey

Hogs Back Books

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

Location: London, GB

Website: http://www.hogsbackbooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Manuscript entries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Croc on the Rock

Marion Clark & Tanya Fenton

Where Is My Bear?

Darcy Coxall & Menno Wittebrood

Hugh's Blue Day

Karen Hodgson & Ross Collins

Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

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

Part of: Hachette > Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.lbyr.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
The Queen of Nothing

Holly Black

Dear Evan Hansen

Val Emmich et al

Think Big, Little One

Vashti Harrison

New Saraswati Publishing House

Genres: Education & Reference, Picture Book, Middle Grade, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Mumbai, IN

Website: https://saraswatihouse.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Guide d'Etude Complete

Anjali Sengar

Diamond

Manisha Sharma

Sargam Hindi Pathmala

Geeta Buddhiraja

Mythos and Ink

Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Feminism, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Religion & Spirituality, Comics & Graphic Novels, Diverse Literature, LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Fiction, Nonfiction, and Children's

Location: Toronto, CA

Website: https://www.mythosink.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature, LGBTQ, BIPOC

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes Queries - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Under the Lesser Moon

Shelly Campbell

Super Sick

Allison Alexander

Thy Geekdom Come

Casey L. Covel

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

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💥 Hit titles
Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Jeff Kinney

The Good Neighbor

Maxwell King

The Ship of Stolen Words

Fran Wilde

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