List of publishers of children's books
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This is a list of publishers of children's books
. The publishers may be independent, an imprint of a larger publisher, and may be currently operating or out of business.
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
. The publishers may be independent, an imprint of a larger publisher, and may be currently operating or out of business.
- Adarna HouseAdarna HouseFounded in 1980, Adarna House is the Philippines' first and largest publisher of children’s books.-History:During the mid-1970s, the Nutrition Center of the Philippines found itself in need of a series of storybooks to supplement their mental feeding program. They approached Virgilio S...
- Annick PressAnnick PressAnnick Press is a Canadian book publishing company that was founded in Toronto in 1975 by Anne Millyard and Rick Wilks. Rick Wilks became the sole owner in 2000. A second editorial office was opened in Vancouver by Colleen MacMillan in 1999...
- Anvil Publishing, Inc.Anvil Publishing, Inc.Anvil Publishing, Inc. is the largest and most progressive tradebook publisher in the Philippines. It started as a book publishing division of National Bookstore, the largest bookstore chain in the country. Since then, it has been run by Publishing Manager Karina Africa Bolasco. To date, it has...
- Barefoot BooksBarefoot BooksBarefoot Books is an independent children's book publisher based in Bath, UK and Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.The company began as a home business in 1992. It is now an international business, with offices in the United States and in the UK...
- Big Guy BooksBig Guy BooksBig Guy Books is an independent publisher of children's books founded by Robert Gould. Its books are aimed at encouraging boys to read.The company is based in Carlsbad, California....
- Bloomsbury
- The Bookhouse for Children
- Candlewick PressCandlewick PressCandlewick Press, established in 1991 and located in Somerville, Massachusetts, is the American division of the British publisher Walker Books Ltd....
- Daily-Update PublishersDaily-Update PublishersDaily-Update Publishers is an Australian publishing company, now specialising in English and ESL e-books.-Background:Daily-Update Publishers was founded in 2000 as an Internet “aggregator” by the current directors, Cameron Russell and Fay Russell...
- David Fickling BooksDavid Fickling BooksDavid Fickling Books is an imprint of Random House which has published books by authors including Philip Pullman, Mark Haddon, John Boyne, Nick Ward and Linda Newbery.-List of Books Published:-References:...
- Dorling KindersleyDorling KindersleyDorling Kindersley is an international publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 51 languages. It is currently part of the Penguin Group....
- Dutton Children's Books
- Gallimard JeunesseGallimard JeunesseGallimard Jeunesse is a French publisher of children's books. It is a subsidiary of Éditions Gallimard.It is the publisher of the French version of Animorphs, The English Roses by Madonna, Pokémon chapter books and Harry Potter books...
- Golden Books
- Goops UnlimitedGoopsThe Goops books, originally published between 1900 and 1950, were created by the artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist, Gelett Burgess. The characters debuted, conceptually, in the illustrations of Burgess' publication, The Lark, in the late 19th century...
- Grafalco Ediciones, S.L.
- Harper Collins
- Kim Dong Publishing HouseKim Dong Publishing HouseKim Đồng Publishing House is the largest book producer and publisher for Vietnamese children. With more than 1,000 titles of books published yearly, its books offered to children from toddlers to teenagers a wide ranges of collections and genres from literature, science, art, history to comics,...
- Ladybird BooksLadybird BooksLadybird Books is a London-based publishing company, trading as a stand-alone imprint within the Penguin Group of companies. The Ladybird imprint publishes mass-market children's books.-History:...
- J. Lumsden and SonJ. Lumsden and SonJ. Lumsden and Son is a Scottish engraving and publishing firm founded in 1783 by James Lumsden, most known for its short runs of high quality printings of children's books....
- Lee & Low BooksLee & Low Books-History:Lee & Low was founded in 1991 by Chinese Americans Tom Low and Philip Lee as a children's book publisher specializing in books featuring people of color and one of the few minority-owned publishing companies in the United States. Low says, "There was a void in children's books. Most of the...
- Mackinac Island PressMackinac Island PressMackinac Island Press, is an American publisher of children's books, with an initial book called Has Anyone Seen Christmas?The book was featured across the country by Barnes & Noble and featured on Fox & Friends morning show, the Chicago Tribune, Associated Press and other prominent media outlets...
- Mascot BooksMascot BooksMascot Books is the largest publisher of licensed children’s sports books in America. Based in Herndon, Virginia, just outside of Washington, D.C., Mascot Books creates children’s books for professional teams, colleges, and even elementary schools...
- Miles Kelly PublishingMiles Kelly PublishingMiles Kelly Publishing is an independent children's publishing company founded by Jim Miles and Gerard Kelly in 1996. It is based in the village of Bardfield End Green near Thaxted in Essex, UK, after moving from its base of 13 years in Great Bardfield in 2010. its books are available throughout...
- Navneet Publications (India) Limited
- Neal Porter Books
- Orchard BooksOrchard booksOrchard Books is a publisher of children's books active in the US and UK.Orchard Books was founded in 1986 by Grolier, an encyclopedia publisher, as a children's publisher. Grolier was acquired by Hachette two years later...
- OrionOrion Publishing GroupOrion Publishing Group Ltd. is a UK-based book publisher. It is owned by Hachette Livre. In 1998 Orion bought Cassell.-History:Full history of the group can be found on Orion Publishing Group is owned by -Imprints:...
- Peace Hill PressPeace Hill PressPeace Hill Press is an American publishing company based in Charles City County, Virginia. Peace Hill Press publishes books that fit within the framework of the classical model of education...
- Puffin BooksPuffin BooksPuffin Books is the children's imprint of British publishers Penguin Books. Since the 1960s it has been the largest publisher of children's books in the UK and much of the English-speaking world.-Early history:...
- Random HouseRandom HouseRandom House, Inc. is the largest general-interest trade book publisher in the world. It has been owned since 1998 by the German private media corporation Bertelsmann and has become the umbrella brand for Bertelsmann book publishing. Random House also has a movie production arm, Random House Films,...
- Roaring Brook Press
- Salariya Book CompanySalariya Book CompanyThe Salariya Book Company is an independent publishing company based in Brighton, United Kingdom, which publishes children’s non-fiction, fiction and baby books both domestically and internationally...
- Scholastic
- Tamarind BooksTamarind BooksTamarind Books was founded in 1987 as a small independent publisher specialising in picture books, fiction and non-fiction featuring black and Asian children and children with disabilities...
- Tundra BooksTundra BooksTundra Books is the oldest children's book publisher in Canada.Tundra Books was founded in 1967 by May Cutler, a Montreal-based writer and editor. Cutler established the publishing company in the basement of her home, becoming the first woman to publish children's books in Canada. The U.S...
- uBooks - Personalized fairy tales and novel
- Usborne PublishingUsborne PublishingUsborne Publishing, often called Usborne Books, is a United Kingdom-based publisher of children's literature.Founded by Peter Usborne in 1973, Usborne Publishing uses an in-house team of writers, editors and designers and is translated into over 55 languages...
See also
- List of English language book publishers