List of publishers of children's books

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This is a list of publishers of children's books . They may be independent or an imprint of a larger publisher. They may be currently operating or out of business.

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PublisherCity Administrative division CountryEst.Notable books, series, or franchisesNotes
Adarna House Quezon City Philippines 1980
Affirm Press Melbourne Australia 2010Began publishing children's books in 2017. [1]
American Girl United States 1986 American Girl seriesOwned by Mattel
Annick Press Toronto Ontario Canada 1975Classic Robert Munsch series

The Paper Bag Princess

Anvil Publishing Mandaluyong Philippines 1990
Arbordale Publishing Mount Pleasant South Carolina United States2004Nonfiction topics include science, math, and folklore
Barefoot Books Cambridge Massachusetts United States1992
Beaver's Pond Press Saint Paul Minnesota United States1998Pockets of Joy by Roxane Battle

Tell My Sons by Lt. Col. Mark M. Weber

Bendon Publishing International Ashland Ohio United States2001
Big Guy Books Encinitas California United States
Bloomsbury London

New York City

New Delhi

England

New York

United Kingdom

United States

India

1986 Harry Potter
The Book House for Children 1919Now defunct
Candlewick Press Somerville Massachusetts United States1991Judy Moody and Stink franchises

Guess How Much I Love You

Where's Waldo? books

Because of Winn-Dixie

Part of Walker Books Group

Distributed by Penguin Random House Publishers Services

Capstone Publishers Mankato Minnesota United States1990Imprints and divisions include Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Picture Window Books, Stone Arch Books, Red Brick Learning, Capstone Digital, Heinemann-Raintree and Switch Press
Children's Press United States1945Rookie Read-About series

True Book series

Young People's series (Young People's Animal Encyclopedia, Young People's Science Encyclopedia, Young People's Science Dictionary, Young People's World)

Spelled as Childrens Press until 1996. Originally based in Chicago, Illinois prior to its acquisition by Grolier in 1995 and has a secondary imprint, Franklin Watts. Became an imprint of Scholastic Corporation in 2000.
Chronicle Books San Francisco California United States1967 The Art of... series

Olive, the Other Reindeer

What's Your Poo Telling You?

Cuento de Luz Madrid Spain 2007
David Fickling Books Oxford England United KingdomThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne

DK (formerly Dorling Kindersley) London England United Kingdom1974Division of Penguin Random House
Dutton Children's Books United States1852 Winnie-the-Pooh books

Rumpelstiltskin by Paul O. Zelinsky

Looking for Alaska by John Green

Division of Penguin Random House
Egmont Publishing Copenhagen Denmark 1878
Eklavya foundation Bhopal Madhya Pradesh India
Enslow Publishing Berkeley Heights New Jersey United States1976
Faber and Faber London England United Kingdom1929 Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Lord of the Flies

Figures In Motion Bellingham Washington United States2008Famous Figures series
Fremantle Press Fremantle Australia1976 Destroying Avalon
Gallimard Jeunesse Paris France Subsidiary of Éditions Gallimard
Gecko Press Wellington New Zealand 2005 Duck, Death and the Tulip
Golden Books Racine Wisconsin United StatesDefunct 2001

Little Golden Books remains as an imprint of Penguin Random House.

Goops Unlimited
HarperCollins New York City New York United States

United Kingdom

1989 Frog and Toad

A Series of Unfortunate Events

The Giving Tree

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Divergent

Hogs Back Books Guildford, Surrey England United Kingdom2010Boris the Boastful Frog
J. Lumsden and Son Scotland United Kingdom1783
Kerala State Institute of Children's Literature Kerala India 1981
Kids Can Press Toronto Ontario Canada1973
Kim Đồng Publishing House Hanoi Vietnam 1957
Ladybird Books London England United Kingdom1867Imprint of Penguin Random House
Lee & Low Books New York City New York United States1991 Baseball Saved Us
Lerner Publishing Group Minneapolis Minnesota United States 1959 Unspeakable: The Tulsa Race Massacre Randolph Caldecott Medal Honor Book, Commended, 2022

Monkey with a Tool Belt, the inspiration behind Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt

Where I Belong

Classified: The Secret Career of Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Aerospace Engineer

Independently owned and operated since 1959 with 14 imprints including Kar-Ben Publishing and Graphic Universe
Mackinac Island Press
Magabala Books Broome Australia1987
McLoughlin Brothers United States1858 Beverly Gray Defunct 1920
Miles Kelly Publishing Bardfield End Green, EssexEnglandUnited Kingdom1996
Nosy Crow LondonEnglandUnited Kingdom2010Bizzy Bear books

Pip and Posy books

Imprint of Candlewick Press
Orchard Books 1986Orchard Books UK is maintained by Hachette.

Hachette, which acquired Grolier in 1988, sold Grolier to Scholastic Corporation in 2000, along with the U.S. branch of Orchard Books, while retaining the UK branch.

Orion LondonEnglandUnited Kingdom1998
Peace Hill Press Charles CityVirginiaUnited StatesThe Story of the World by Susan Wise Bauer
Prometheus Books Amherst New York United States1969
Purple House Press Cynthiana Kentucky United States2000
The Quarto Group London England United Kingdom1976Many imprints.

Distribution by Hachette.

Random House New York City New York United States1927
Roaring Brook Press Imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group [2]
Salariya Book Company Brighton England United Kingdom1989
Scholastic New York City New York United States1920 Clifford the Big Red Dog

The Magic School Bus

Goosebumps

Simon & Schuster New York City New York United States1924
Skyhorse Publishing
Tamarind Books United Kingdom1987Now an imprint of Random House Children's Books UK
Text Publishing MelbourneAustralia1990 Zac & Mia

Watch Over Me

Tu Books New York City New York United States2009Summer of the Mariposas Young adult and middle grade publishing imprint of Lee & Low Books
Tulika Publishers Chennai Tamil Nadu India 1996
Tundra Books Toronto Ontario Canada1967
Usborne Publishing United Kingdom1973
Walker Books London England United Kingdom1978 Where's Wally?

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<i>The Cat in the Hat</i> 1957 childrens book by Dr. Seuss

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Caldecott Medal</span> Annual U.S. childrens book illustrator award

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">HarperCollins</span> Anglo-American publishing house

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Simon & Schuster</span> American publishing company

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Macmillan Publishers is a British publishing company traditionally considered to be one of the "Big Five" English language publishers. Founded in London in 1843 by Scottish brothers Daniel and Alexander MacMillan, the firm soon established itself as a leading publisher in Britain. It published two of the best-known works of Victorian-era children's literature, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (1894).

<i>Publishers Weekly</i> American weekly trade news magazine

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Puffin Books is a longstanding children's imprint of the British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s, it has been among the largest publishers of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world. The imprint now belongs to Penguin Random House, a subsidiary of the German media conglomerate Bertelsmann.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">E. P. Dutton</span> Former American book publishing company

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Orion Publishing Group</span> British publisher

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<i>Hop on Pop</i> 1963 childrens book by Dr. Seuss

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Hachette Books, formerly Hyperion Books, is a general-interest book imprint of the Perseus Books Group, which is a division of Hachette Book Group and ultimately a part of Lagardère Group. Established in 1990, Hachette publishes general-interest fiction and non-fiction books for adults. A former subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, it was originally named after Hyperion Avenue, the location of Walt Disney Studios prior to 1939. Hachette took over a 1,000 book backlist when Hyperion was purchased from Disney in 2013 with 250 bestselling novels, including Mitch Albom’s The Five People You Meet in Heaven.

The Egmont Group is a Danish media corporation founded and rooted in Copenhagen, Denmark. The business area of Egmont has traditionally been magazine publishing, but has over the years evolved to comprise mass media generally.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Atheneum Books</span> New York City publishing house

Atheneum Books was a New York City publishing house established in 1959 by Alfred A. Knopf, Jr., Simon Michael Bessie and Hiram Haydn. Simon & Schuster has owned Atheneum properties since it acquired Macmillan in 1994, and it created Atheneum Books for Young Readers as an imprint for children's books in the 2000s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Skyhorse Publishing</span> American book publishing company

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for the academic market, as well as trade books. The company also owns the book distributing company National Book Network based in Lanham, Maryland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">The Quarto Group</span> Illustrated book publishing group

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References

  1. ↑ Mem: 9920144. "Introducing Affirm Press kids list | Books+Publishing" . Retrieved 29 January 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "News Briefs: Macmillan Buys Kingfisher". PublishersWeekly.com. 5 October 2007.
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