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Best Picture Book Book Publishing Companies

Showing 101 publishers that match your search.

Dover Publications

Genres: Education & Reference, Math & Science, Picture Book, DIY, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Art, Nonfiction, and Fiction

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://store.doverpublications.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No Manuscript entries & book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
Abraham Lincoln's Humor: Yarns, Stories, and Anecdotes by and about Our 16th President

John Grafton

Bless This House: Creating Sacred Space Where You Live, Work & Travel

Donna Henes

The Book of Wild Flowers

The National Geographic Society

Versify

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

Part of: HarperCollins > Versify

Location: Boston, US

Website: https://www.harpercollins.com/pages/versify

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Anya and the Nightingale

Sofiya Pasternack

The Year I Flew Away

Marie Arnold

Emmy in the Key of Code

Aimee Lucido

Honey Blossom Press

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, BIPOC, Business, Cookbook, Fantasy, Fiction, LGBTQ+, Literary Fiction, Middle Grade, Mystery & Crime, Nonfiction, Picture Book, Politics, Romance, Science Fiction, Self-Help, True Crime, Women's Fiction, and Young Adult

Location: Philadelphia, US

Website: https://www.honeyblossompress.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No Digital - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles

Chronicle Books

Genres: Picture Book, Middle Grade, Young Adult, Cookbook, Photography, Art, DIY, Architecture, Self-Help, Health & Wellbeing, Travel, Humor, Diverse Literature, and Nonfiction

Location: San Francisco, US

Website: https://www.chroniclebooks.com/

Diversity: Diverse Literature

Accepts unagented submissions

No Manuscript entries & book proposals - View guidelines →

Indie publisher

Small press

💥 Hit titles
From Crook to Cook

Snoop Dogg

Dolly Parton, Songteller

Dolly Parton & Robert K. Oermann

Men to Avoid in Art and Life

Nicole Tersigni

Puffin Books

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

Part of: Penguin Random House > Penguin Young Readers > Puffin Books

Location: London, GB

Website: https://www.penguin.com/publishers/puffin/

Accepts unagented submissions

Yes

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl

Double Fudge

Judy Blume

The Outsiders

S. E. Hinton

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

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

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

Dutton Children's Books

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

Part of: Penguin Random House > Penguin Publishing Group > Dutton Children's Books

Location: New York City, US

Website: https://www.penguin.com/dutton-childrens-overview/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Winnie-the-Pooh

A. A. Milne

Rumpelstiltskin

Wilhelm Grimm & Jacob Grimm

The Fault In Our Stars

John Green

ABDO Publishing

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

Location: Minneapolis, US

Website: https://abdobooks.com/

Accepts unagented submissions

No

Mid size

💥 Hit titles
Big Nate

Lincoln Peirce

Vampire Wars

Heather Knox

Amelia Rules

Jimmy Gownley

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