Trade Publishers
For a more extensive
list, visit the publisher listings at:
The Colossal Directory of Children's Publishers - ww.signaleader.com
- Aladdin
Paperbacks Submission guidelines
- Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Imprint - "Dedicated
to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all
ages, across all printed, electronic and multimedia formats."
- Arthur A. Levine Books:
Submission guidelines
(An imprint of Scholastic Books)
- Atheneum
Books for Young Readers Submission guidelines - Simon & Schuster
Children's Publishing Imprint - "Dedicated to providing the best
in fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all ages, across all printed,
electronic and multimedia formats."
- Avon Books For Young Readers Popular fiction for young
readers: romance, mystery, high adventure, and rich fantasy.
- Bantam Books for
Young Readers: Submission guidelines
(Imprint of Random House) - "Publishers of quality literature for
pre-school children through young adult readers in all formats from
board books to picture books to novels."
- Books for Young Readers
Submission guidelines - Simon & Schuster
Children's Publishing Imprint - "Dedicated to providing the best
in fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all ages, across all printed,
electronic and multimedia formats."
- Boyds Mills Press:
Quality literature that enlightens and entertains children from preschool
to young adult.
- Browndeer Press:
Submission guidelines - (An imprint of Harcourt Books)
- Candlewick
Press: Submission guidelines - Publishes books we believe in, only those
books that speak to children, and only those that have both words and
art of the highest quality.
- Carolrhoda Books,
Inc.: Submission guidelines - (A division of Lerner Publishing Group)
- Cartwheel Books: Submission guidelines - (An imprint of Scholastic)
- Cavendish Children's Books: - publishes outstanding picture books, fiction
and nonfiction.
- Charlesbridge:
Submission guidelines - Primarily a nonfiction publisher, best
known for 32-page nonfiction picture books.
- Clarion
Books Submission guidelines
- Nonfiction as well as fiction and picture books.
- Creative Teaching
Press (Educational Publisher) Submission guidelines - "Publishes
a wide variety of products for grades PreK-8 including teacher resource
books, bulletin boards, borders, emergent readers, and charts. While
we do publish a line of emergent readers, we do not typically publish
children's books."
- Crown Books for
Young Readers Submission guidelines
- "Quality literature for pre-school children through young adult
readers in all formats from board books to picture books to novels."
- Dial Books for Young
Readers Submission guidelines
- A division of Penguin-Putnam - "Books of high literary merit
and fine design for readers of all ages."
- Disney Books - Books
in the Disney "tradition" of being treasures children can
enjoy every day.
- DK Ink - UK, USA, Australia, Germany,
Canada - Manuscript
guidelines found by navigating through: "HELP" ==> "FAQ"
==>"Submitting Manuscripts" - publishes an extensive range
of both adult and children's reference titles covering a vast range
of children's interests for every age group.
- Doubleday Books
for Young Readers Submission guidelines
- A Division of Random House - "Publishers of quality literature
for pre-school children through young adult readers in all formats from
board books to picture books to novels."
- Dover Publications
- "Story books, activity and project books, coloring books, paper
dolls, stickers, tattoos and more."
- Dutton Children’s
Books Submission guidelines
– “Commitment to excellence, freshness, and entertainment.”
- Eerdman's Books for Young
Readers (Religious) Submission guidelines - "Known for
publishing a wide range of religious books, from academic works in theology,
biblical studies, religious history, and reference to popular titles
in spirituality, social and cultural criticism, and literature."
- Evan-Moor Educational
Publishers Submission Guidelines – Creative, innovative
teaching materials.
- Farrar, Straus and
Giroux For Young Readers Submission guidelines - "Renowned
for its international list of literary fiction, nonfiction, poetry and
children’s books."
- Scott Foresman - Addison
Wesley - Resources for teaching and learning in English and Spanish.
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
Submission guidelines
- "Lively, accessible picture books and some of today's strongest
voices in fiction."
- Laura Geringer Books - "Award-winning, best-selling,
and innovative authors and artists who "push the envelope"
and set new standards of excellence."
- Gibbs Smith Publisher
Submission guidelines
(scroll down) - We do have guidelines for manuscript submission available.
Please e-mail us at info@gibbs-smith.com to request a copy. - "Think
smart. Think stylish. Think sophisticated.”
- Golden Books Submission Guidelines - A division of
Random House - "Committed to publishing the best literature by
writers both in the United States and abroad", publishes both fiction
and non-fiction."
- Greenwillow Books - An Imprint of HarperChildrens
- "At the heart of each book there is honesty, emotion and depth--conveyed
by an author or an artist who has something that is worth saying to
children and who says it in a way that is worth reading."
- Grosset & Dunlap
Submission guidelines
- A Division of Penguin Group - Has a commitment to children and reading,
and continues to publish books with high interest and affordable pricing
to entice even the most reluctant reader.
- Gryphon House Submission guidelines - "Our goal
is to publish books that help teachers and parents enrich the lives
of children from birth through age eight."
- Gulliver Books
Submission guidelines
– An Imprint of Harcourt Books – “Dedicated to publishing quality board
books and novelty items, illustrated picture books, easy readers, and
novels for children of all ages.”
- Harcourt Canada
Submission guidelines
- "Publishing quality educational resources for Science, Language
Arts, Social Studies, English, Math, Music, and many other subjects."
- Harcourt Paperbacks
Submission guidelines
- "Dedicated to publishing quality board books and novelty items,
illustrated picture books, easy readers, and novels for children of
all ages."
- Harcourt Religion
Publishers - "Serving the whole Catholic community."
- Harcourt Trade Publishing
Submission guidelines
- "Dedicated to publishing quality board books and novelty items,
illustrated picture books, easy readers, and novels for children of
all ages."
- Harcourt Young Classics
Submission guidelines
- "Dedicated to publishing quality board books and novelty items,
illustrated picture books, easy readers, and novels for children of
all ages."
- HarperCollins Children'sBooks
- "Respected worldwide for its tradition of publishing quality
books for children."
- HarperFestival
- "Books, novelties, and merchandise for the very young--children
from 0-6."
- Harper Teen
- "Great books for real teens, with characters, settings, and stories
relevant to their own lives, minds, and spirits. Spanning the spectrum
from classic themes to the cutting edge."
- Harper Trophy Paperbacks
- "Premier paperback imprint for children offering the very best
of the old and the new."
- Henry Holt Submission guidelines - "Publishes
a wide variety of books for children of all ages, including picture
books, fiction, and nonfiction."
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston (educational)
Submission guidelines
- Division of Harcourt Trade Publishers - "Leader in secondary
educational publishing helping teachers teach and students learn by
providing a wide range of instructional materials that include curriculum-based
textbooks, CD-ROMs, videodiscs, and other support and reference materials."
- Houghton Mifflin Co. Submission guidelines
– Some of the best-loved characters in children’s literature encouraging
kids to “curl up with a good book.”
- Alfred A. Knopf
Books for Young Readers Submission guidelines - A Division of
Random House - "Publishers of quality literature for pre-school
children through young adult readers in all formats from board books
to picture books to novels."
- Lee &
Low Books, Inc. Submission guidelines - "Specializes
in multicultural themes. Our goal is to meet the need for books that
address children of color by providing fictional stories and informational
texts that all children can enjoy and which promote a greater understanding
of one another."
- Lerner Publishing Group
(Educational) Submission guidelines
- "Providing high quality children’s books for K-12 schools and
libraries."
- Arthur A. Levine Books
(An imprint of Scholastic Books) Submission guidelines - "Committed
to helping teachers by providing a full range of high-quality books."
- Little, Brown and Company
Submission guidelines
Division of Time Warner - Engaging, Educating, and Entertaining literature.
- Little Simon®
Submission guidelines Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Imprint - "General interest publishing, providing consumers worldwide
with a diverse range of quality books and multimedia products across
a wide variety of genres and formats."
- Marshall Cavendish: (Division of Marshal Cavendish)
"Featuring the best in literature for the young -- picture books,
nonfiction and fiction suitable for a wide range of readers."
- Marshall Cavendish Reference: (Division of Marshal
Cavendish) Features multi-volume encyclopedias on a variety of subjects
related to today's curriculum.
- Magic Attic Press
Submission guidelines "Curriculum-oriented
children’s book publisher with a concentration on quality non-fiction
for the school and library market."
- Magic Carpet Books
Books Submission guidelines
Imprint of Harcourt Trade Publishers - "Dedicated to publishing
quality board books and novelty items, illustrated picture books, easy
readers, and novels for children of all ages."
- McGraw-Hill Children's
Publishing (Educational Publisher) - "Comprehensive range of
educational materials used in preschools, K-12 classrooms, libraries,
homes, and learning centers."
- Millbrook Press
(A Division of Lerner Publishing Group) Submission guidelines - "Millbrook
is a curriculum-oriented children’s book publisher with a concentration
on quality non-fiction for the school and library market."
- Peachtree Publishers,
Ltd. Submission guidelines
- "Publishes children's picture and illustrated chapter books,
young adult books, education, parenting, self-help, and health books,
travel and recreational guides about the southeast, nature and outdoors
titles, general gift books, and cookbooks and gardening books with southern
orientation. We do accept original fiction with a southern flavor, but
publish very few titles in this category, seldom more than one a year."
- Pearson
Education Submission guidelines
- "Provides educators with elementary-level curriculum and assessment
materials in every medium to motivate learning across a diverse student
population. Our renowned businesses educate millions of students with
quality content, services, and solutions that support educators and
help schools and districts meet new demands for educational performance
and reporting."
- Pelican Publishing Co.
Inc. Submission guidelines
- "We seek writers on the cutting edge of ideas who do not write
in clichés, or take the old, tired, unimaginative way of foul language
and sex scenes to pad a poor writing effort. We strongly urge writers
to be aware of ideas gaining currency. Hardcover and trade paperback
originals (90%) and reprints (10%) including hardcover, trade paperback,
and mass market."
- Penguin/Putnam Books
Submission guidelines
- Large publisher publishing under a variety of imprints in a variety
of fiction and non-fiction markets.
- Philomel Submission guidelines
- "Philomel, a term for an English nightingale that means literally
"love of learning." The name implied that these books would
be distinguished, beautiful in concept and form, fine enough to be sought
as gifts, and original and handsome enough to be bought by libraries
and schools."
- Price Stern Sloan Submission guidelines
- "A wide variety of publishing categories, especially children's
books, novelty formats, and humor."
- PublishAmerica
Submission guidelines - "Publishes
books in the best tradition of old-fashioned quality publishing. Specializes
in books about, or by, people who face and overcome hardships and obstacles
in life (both fictional and nonfictional), and who turn stumbling blocks
into stepping stones."
- Puffin Books Submission guidelines
- "A strong literary tradition and a commitment to publishing a
successful mix of classic children's fiction and the best new literature."
- G.P. Putnam’s Sons Submission guidelines
– “Publishes about fifty trade hardcover books a year for children,
including lively, accessible picture books and some of today’s strongest
voices in fiction.
- Raintree/Steck-Vaughn
Publishers (Division of Harcourt - Educational Publisher) - "Learning
that changes lives."
- Random House Books
for Young Readers Submission guidelines - "Publishers
of quality literature for pre-school children through young adult readers
in all formats from board books to picture books to novels."
- Reader's Digest
Children's Books - "Books to enrich, educate, and entertain
children with early childhood books and songs. Our expert children's
editors are dedicated to the education and enrichment of children."
- Red Wagon Books (Division
of Harcourt Books) Submission guidelines
- "Dedicated to publishing general interest books in a variety
of areas and genres, including fiction, literature, poetry, history,
current events, sociology, science, autobiography, and language for
adult readers, and quality board books and novelty items, illustrated
picture books, easy readers, and novels for children of all ages."
- Ronsdale Press Submission guidelines - "Ronsdale
is a literary publisher, which means that it scouts for thoughtful work
that extends the way we perceive the world. We also look for writing
that shows the author has read widely in contemporary and earlier literature.
Ronsdale, like other literary presses, is not interested in mass-market
or pulp materials."
- St.Martin's Press
Submission guidelines - "Best known
for the strength and breadth of our list, we publish 700 titles a year
.. the largest and broadest list of any U.S. publisher, expressing the
widest possible range of human experience."
- Scholastic, Inc.
Submission guidelines - "Committed
to helping teachers by providing a full range of high-quality books.
Most are written by educators working in many settings — and especially
by teachers. We are eager to be the vehicle teachers seek out to communicate
their most exciting projects and activities, specific teaching approaches
and strategies, the results of research conducted in their own classrooms,
their reflections and ongoing questions."
- Scholastic Press
Submission guidelines - "Committed
to helping teachers by providing a full range of high-quality books.
Most are written by educators working in many settings — and especially
by teachers. We are eager to be the vehicle teachers seek out to communicate
their most exciting projects and activities, specific teaching approaches
and strategies, the results of research conducted in their own classrooms,
their reflections and ongoing questions."
- Simon & Schuster Books
for Young Readers Submission guidelines - Simon & Schuster
Children's Publishing Imprint - "Dedicated to providing the best
in fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all ages, across all printed,
electronic and multimedia formats."
- Simon Pulse
Submission guidelines - Simon & Schuster
Children's Publishing Imprint - "Dedicated to providing the best
in fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all ages, across all printed,
electronic and multimedia formats."
- Simon Spotlight®
Submission guidelines
- Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Imprint - "Dedicated
to providing the best in fiction and nonfiction for consumers of all
ages, across all printed, electronic and multimedia formats."
- Steck-Vaughn Company
(Division of Harcourt Education) - "Produces a comprehensive
range of educational materials used in preschools, K–12 classrooms,
homes, libraries, workplace learning centers, GED classes, adult literacy
programs, basic adult education courses, and ESL programs."
- Price Stern Sloan
(Division of Penguin Group) Submission guidelines
- "Publishes in a wide variety of publishing categories, especially
children's books, novelty formats, and humor as well as titles that
fall into the preschool children's mass merchandise categories."
- Tangerine Press (An imprint
of Scholastic) Submission guidelines - "Committed
to helping teachers by providing a full range of high-quality books.
Most are written by educators working in many settings — and especially
by teachers. We are eager to be the vehicle teachers seek out to communicate
their most exciting projects and activities, specific teaching approaches
and strategies, the results of research conducted in their own classrooms,
their reflections and ongoing questions."
- Teacher Created Materials
(Educational Publisher) Submission guidelines
- "Publishes quality resource books at the early childhood, elementary,
middle school, and high school levels. Books cover all aspects of the
curriculum--language arts, social studies, math, science, technology,
and the arts. Helps teachers and parents create stimulating learning
environments by producing colorful bulletin boards, stickers, awards,
notepads, postcards, name tags, and incentive charts."
- Time
Warner Books Submission guidelines
- "Publishes a wide range of commercial and literary works."
- Viking Children's
Books Submission guidelines
- "Known for innovation as well as for a dedication to quality
books, ranging from books for very young children such as board and
lift-the-flap books to sophisticated fiction and nonfiction for teenagers."
- Voyager Books (Division
of Harcourt Books) Submission guidelines
- "Dedicated to publishing general interest books in a variety
of areas and genres, including fiction, literature, poetry, history,
current events, sociology, science, autobiography, and language for
adult readers, and quality board books and novelty items, illustrated
picture books, easy readers, and novels for children of all ages."
- Frederick Warne (Division
of Penguin Group) Submission guidelines
- "Developing classic book-based children's character brands.
The hallmarks of the publishing program are beautifully produced editions
of classic works, plus lively spin-off books ranging from baby record
books and treasuries to board books and novelty titles."
- Albert Whitman &
Company Submission guidelines - "An independent
publisher of children’s books. known for books that address timely
topics such as divorce, disability, and interracial families. Many
of these stories are published as Concept Books and librarians constantly
tell us that Albert Whitman is the first place they turn to for such
titles. In addition, Albert Whitman’s novels for middle-grade readers,
picture books, and nonfiction titles include many award winners and
highly praised books for children ages 2 to 12."
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