Editing List of publishers of children's books

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This is a '''list of publishers of [[Children's literature|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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!City
![[Administrative division]]
!Country
!Est.
!Notable books, series, or franchises
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|[[Adarna House]]
|[[Quezon City]]
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|[[Philippines]]
|1980
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|[[Affirm Press]]
|[[Melbourne]]
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|[[Australia]]
|2010
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|Began publishing children's books in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Introducing Affirm Press kids list |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2018/07/19/111733/introducing-affirm-press-kids/ |access-date=2023-01-29 |publisher=Books+Publishing |language=en-AU}}</ref>
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|[[American Girl]]
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|[[United States]]
|1986
|''[[American Girl (book series)|American Girl]]'' series
|Owned by [[Mattel]]
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|[[Annick Press]]
|[[Toronto]]
|[[Ontario]]
|[[Canada]]
|1975
|Classic ''[[Robert Munsch]]'' series
''[[The Paper Bag Princess]]''
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|[[Anvil Publishing]]
|[[Mandaluyong]]
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|[[Philippines]]
|1990
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|[[Arbordale Publishing]]
|[[Mount Pleasant, South Carolina|Mount Pleasant]]
|[[South Carolina]]
|United States
|2004
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|Nonfiction topics include science, math, and folklore
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|[[Barefoot Books]]
|[[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]]
|[[Massachusetts]]
|United States
|1992
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|[[Beaver's Pond Press]]
|[[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]]
|[[Minnesota]]
|United States
|1998
|''Pockets of Joy'' by Roxane Battle
''Tell My Sons'' by Lt. Col. Mark M. Weber
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|[[Bendon Publishing International]]
|[[Ashland, Ohio|Ashland]]
|[[Ohio]]
|United States
|2001
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|[[Big Guy Books]]
|[[Encinitas, California|Encinitas]]
|[[California]]
|United States
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|[[Bloomsbury Publishing|Bloomsbury]]
|[[London]]
[[New York City]]

[[New Delhi]]
|[[England]]
[[New York (state)|New York]]
|[[United Kingdom]]
United States

[[India]]
|1986
|''[[Harry Potter]]''
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|[[The Book House for Children]]
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|1919
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|Now defunct
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|[[Candlewick Press]]
|[[Somerville, Massachusetts|Somerville]]
|[[Massachusetts]]
|United States
|1991
|''Judy Moody'' and ''Stink'' franchises

''[[Guess How Much I Love You]]''

[[Where's Waldo?]] books
<ref>https://www.candlewick.com/about.asp</ref>

''[[Because of Winn-Dixie]]'' 
|Part of [[Walker Books]] Group
Distributed by [[Penguin Random House|Penguin Random House Publishers Services]]
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|[[Capstone Publishers]]
|[[Mankato, Minnesota|Mankato]]
|[[Minnesota]]
|United States
|1990
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|Imprints and divisions include Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Picture Window Books, Stone Arch Books, Red Brick Learning, Capstone Digital, Heinemann-Raintree and Switch Press
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|[[Scholastic Corporation#Children's Press|Children's Press]]
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|United States
|1945
|''Rookie 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.
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|[[Chronicle Books]]
|[[San Francisco]]
|[[California]]
|United States
|1967
|''[[The Art of...]]'' series

''[[Olive, the Other Reindeer]]''

''[[What's Your Poo Telling You?]]''
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|[[Cuento de Luz]]
|[[Madrid]]
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|[[Spain]]
|2007
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|[[David Fickling Books]]
|[[Oxford]]
|[[England]]
|United Kingdom
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|''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time'' by [[Mark Haddon]]

''The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' by [[John Boyne]]
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|[[DK (publisher)|DK]] (formerly Dorling Kindersley)
|[[London]]
|[[England]]
|United Kingdom
|1974
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|Division of [[Penguin Random House]]
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|[[Dutton Children's Books]]
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|United States
|1852
|[[Winnie-the-Pooh]] books

''[[Rumpelstiltskin]]'' by [[Paul O. Zelinsky]]

''[[Looking for Alaska]]'' by [[John Green]]
|Division of [[Penguin Random House]]
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|[[Egmont Group|Egmont Publishing]]
|[[Copenhagen]]
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|[[Denmark]]
|1878
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|[[Eklavya foundation]]
|[[Bhopal]]
|[[Madhya Pradesh]]
|[[India]]
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|[[Enslow Publishing]]
|[[Berkeley Heights, New Jersey|Berkeley Heights]]
|[[New Jersey]]
|United States
|1976
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|[[Faber and Faber]]
|[[London]] 
|[[England]]
|United Kingdom
|1929
|''[[Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats]]''
''[[Lord of the Flies]]''
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|[[Figures In Motion]]
|[[Bellingham, Washington|Bellingham]] 
|[[Washington (state)|Washington]]
|United States
|2008
|''Famous Figures'' series
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|[[Fremantle Press]]
|[[Fremantle]]
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|Australia
|1976
|''[[Destroying Avalon]]''
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|[[Gallimard Jeunesse]]
|[[Paris]]
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|[[France]]
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|Subsidiary of [[Éditions Gallimard]]
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|[[Gecko Press]]
|[[Wellington]]
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|[[New Zealand]]
|2005
|''[[Duck, Death and the Tulip]]''
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|[[Golden Books]]
|[[Racine, Wisconsin|Racine]]
|[[Wisconsin]]
|United States
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|Defunct 2001
[[Little Golden Books]] remains as an imprint of [[Penguin Random House]].
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|[[Goops|Goops Unlimited]]
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|[[Grupo Novo Século]]
|[[São Paulo]]
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|[[Brazil]]
|2001
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|[[HarperCollins]]
|[[New York City]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|United States
United Kingdom
|1989
|''[[Frog and Toad]]''

''[[A Series of Unfortunate Events]]''

''[[The Giving Tree]]''

''[[Where the Sidewalk Ends (book)|Where the Sidewalk Ends]]''

''[[Divergent (book)|Divergent]]''
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|[[Hogs Back Books]]
|[[Guildford|Guildford, Surrey]]
|[[England]]
|United Kingdom
|2010
|''Boris the Boastful Frog''
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|[[J. Lumsden and Son]]
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|[[Scotland]]
|United Kingdom
|1783
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|[[Kerala State Institute of Children's Literature]]
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|[[Kerala]]
|[[India]]
|1981
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|[[Kids Can Press]]
|[[Toronto]]
|[[Ontario]]
|Canada
|1973
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|[[Kim Dong Publishing House|Kim]] Đồng [[Kim Dong Publishing House|Publishing House]]
|[[Hanoi]]
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|[[Vietnam]]
|1957
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|[[Ladybird Books]]
|[[London]]
|[[England]]
|United Kingdom
|1867
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|Imprint of [[Penguin Random House]]
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|[[Lee & Low Books]]
|[[New York City]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|United States
|1991
|''[[Baseball Saved Us]]''
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|[[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]]
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|[[Mackinac Island Press]]
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|[[Magabala Books]]
|[[Broome, Western Australia|Broome]]
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|Australia
|1987
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|[[McLoughlin Brothers]]
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|United States
|1858
|''[[Beverly Gray]]''
|Defunct 1920<ref>https://americanantiquarian.org/mcloughlin.htm</ref>

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|[[Miles Kelly Publishing]]
|[[Bardfield End Green]], Essex
|England
|United Kingdom
|1996
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|[[Nosy Crow]]
|London
|England
|United Kingdom
|2010
|''Bizzy Bear'' 
''Pip and Posy''
Peekaboo 
Where's Mr/Mrs...?
Jasmine Green 
Zoe's Rescue Zoo
Unicorn Academy: Where Magic Happens 

|Imprint of [[Candlewick Press]]
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|[[Grolier#Orchard Books|Orchard Books]]
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|1986
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|Orchard 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.
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|[[Orion Publishing Group|Orion]]
|London
|England
|United Kingdom
|1998
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|[[Peace Hill Press]]
|Charles City
|Virginia
|United States
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|''The Story of the World'' by [[Susan Wise Bauer]]
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|[[Prometheus Books]]
|[[Amherst, New York|Amherst]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|United States
|1969
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|[[Purple House Press]]
|[[Cynthiana, Kentucky|Cynthiana]]
|[[Kentucky]]
|United States
|2000
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|[[The Quarto Group]]
|[[London]]
|[[England]]
|United Kingdom
|1976
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|Many imprints.
Distribution by Hachette.
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|[[Random House]]
|[[New York City]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|United States
|1927
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|[[Roaring Brook Press]]
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|Imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing Group<ref>{{Cite web|date=5 October 2007|title=News Briefs: Macmillan Buys Kingfisher|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/print/20071008/9999-news-briefs.html|website=PublishersWeekly.com}}</ref>
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|[[Salariya Book Company]]
|[[Brighton]]
|[[England]]
|United Kingdom
|1989
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|[[Scholastic Corporation|Scholastic]]
|[[New York City]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|United States
|1920
|''[[Clifford the Big Red Dog]]''

''[[The Magic School Bus]]''

''[[Goosebumps]]''
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|[[Simon & Schuster]]
|[[New York City]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|United States
|1924
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|[[Skyhorse Publishing]]
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|[[Tamarind Books]]
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|United Kingdom
|1987
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|Now an imprint of Random House Children's Books UK
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|[[Text Publishing]]
|Melbourne
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|Australia
|1990
|''[[Zac & Mia]]''

''[[Watch Over Me (novel)|Watch Over Me]]''
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|[[Tu Books]]
|[[New York City]]
|[[New York (state)|New York]]
|United States
|2009
|''Summer of the Mariposas''
|[[Young adult fiction|Young adult]] and [[Middle grade fiction|middle grade]] publishing imprint of [[Lee & Low Books]]
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|[[Tulika Publishers]]
|[[Chennai]]
|[[Tamil Nadu]]
|[[India]]
|1996
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|[[Tundra Books]]
|[[Toronto]]
|[[Ontario]]
|Canada
|1967
|
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|[[Usborne Publishing]]
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|United Kingdom
|1973
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|[[Walker Books]]
|[[London]]
|[[England]]
|United Kingdom
|1978
|''[[Where's Wally?]]''
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==See also==
* [[List of English language book publishers]]
*[[List of UK children's book publishers]]


==References==
{{Reflist}}
 


==External links==
* [https://www.americanantiquarian.org/btdirectory.htm Nineteenth-Century American Children's Book Trade Directory]

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