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List of Canadian Children’s Book Publishers

October 27, 2014 28 Comments

When I published my first book Boredom Busters, I did extensive research into who in Canada publishes children’s books.  I have compiled a List of Canadian Children’s Book Publishers here as a go-to resource for anyone wanted to pitch, query, and/or submit a manuscript to a Canadian publisher…

List of Canadian Children’s Book Publishers

List of Canadian Children's Book PublishersAside: I pitched for 9 months – to most of these publishers – and received nibbles of interest. I ended up going to my local library…looking through the non-fiction children’s book stacks and pulled out books that were in my manuscript’s genre. From there…I wrote down the publisher’s information – looked up their submission guidelines on their respective websites – and sent my book proposal. That is how I ultimately contacted and secured my book contract with Cico Books.

My first book Boredom Busters was published in 2014. Boredom Busters was named a 2016 Silver Birch Non-Fiction Honour Book. My second book More Boredom Busters followed in 2015. Both books are available at major book stores.

Boredom Busters by Caroline fernandez
More Boredom Busters

List of Canadian Children’s Book Publishers

https://www.commondeerpress.com/ – adult, middle grade and young adult books

http://www.annickpress.com – fiction and nonfiction for young adults.

http://www.clockwisepress.com/submissions.html – Clockwise Press publishes high-quality young adult and children’s books featuring themes of diversity, inclusion, and global awareness

http://www.dundurn.com/ – YA, and children’s fiction and nonfiction in the areas of Canadian history, politics, regional issues, biography / autobiography, and Aboriginal and black studies, plus titles dealing with Canadian cultural institutions, artists, composers, and musicians.

http://www.cormorantbooks.com/ –  diversity of the Canadian experience

http://coteaubooks.com/ – Fiction, non-fiction, teen fiction

http://www.dancingcatbooks.com/ – YA fiction and non-fiction, middle grade fiction and non-fiction

http://www.ecwpress.com/ – YA list is aimed at  readers from 10-16 or so with strong characters or fresh nonfiction

http://www.theexilewriters.com/ – looking for new and emerging talent  that is redefining the literary landscape

http://www.fitzhenry.ca – Fitzhenry & Whiteside Junior fiction and non-fiction

http://groundwoodbooks.com/ – looking for literary works (picture books, fiction or nonfiction) for Canadian children.

http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com – HarperCollins does not accept unsolicited submissions or query letters.

http://www.kidscanpress.com/ – looking for picture books featuring strong characters and engaging stories and innovative non-fiction

http://www.lorimer.ca/ – looking for stories reflecting cultural diversity of today’s schools appealing to reluctant readers

http://www.orcabook.com – Only accepts manuscripts from Canadian writers.

http://www.owlkids.com/ –   interested in innovative and character-driven picture books, informational picture books, graphic novels, and engaging early chapter books.

http://www.reddeerpress.com/– writers whose stories are topical and consistently relatable with today’s readers.

http://www.scholastic.ca/aboutscholastic/manuscripts – Unfortunately, due to the volume of material we currently have on hand, Scholastic is unable to accept unsolicited manuscripts at the present time.

http://secondstorypress.ca/–  children’s picture books (no alphabet, animal tales, rhyming or poetry books), and juvenile and teen fiction and nonfiction.

http://www.simonandschuster.ca/kids – prospective authors and illustrators submit their materials through a professional literary agent.

http://www.thistledownpress.com – query between Oct 1 and January 1

http://www.penguinrandomhouse.biz/manuscripts/ – does not accept unsolicited manuscripts

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  1. Cheryl says

    October 27, 2014 at 8:45 am

    Thanks I will have to check a few of these out 🙂

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  2. Parent Club says

    October 27, 2014 at 1:11 pm

    I did so much research while I was pitching my first book – and found it had to fine a go-to list for Canadian Children’s Book Publishers – hopefully this list will make one aspiring kidlit author’s life a little easier.

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  3. Dannielle says

    March 21, 2016 at 1:25 pm

    Wow! thank you for this. It has given me a place to begin.

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  4. Nosebot Press says

    March 23, 2016 at 3:03 pm

    thank’s for the list and insight:) much obliged.

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  5. Borka says

    March 24, 2016 at 2:45 pm

    Thank you for the list. Do you have an outline that for how to pitch to these companies so I can have somewhere to start

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  6. Muhammad says

    June 27, 2016 at 10:53 am

    Is it save to share the stories with these publishers via email ( as scan documents) ?
    is there any kids news papers as well , where kids stories can be published ?

    Reply
    • Parent Club says

      October 12, 2016 at 2:30 pm

      I’m not sure of kids newspapers but there certainly are kids’ magazines (Owl, National Geo Kids, Chirp). And for sending stories…always check a publisher’s submissions guidelines on their site before sending anything to ensure you have the right format.

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  7. Alison Logee says

    July 3, 2016 at 6:01 pm

    Hello. I’m told I haven’t picked an easy road: I have written a series of 5 children’s picture books, based on a true animal story and I have written in rhyme. Is there a particular Canadian publisher that you know of that accepts rhyme written stories? Thank you so much. Alison

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    • Parent Club says

      October 12, 2016 at 2:31 pm

      Alison, you’d have to check each publisher’s submissions guidelines to see if they accept rhyming manuscripts. Pitching takes a lot of research like that.

      Reply
  8. Walid says

    October 17, 2016 at 11:16 pm

    Hello Caroline, my son is 12 years and he wrote few short stories for school assignment. The feedback was awesome and rewarding that encouraged him to write other stories. His writing is engaging, creative and fun. Is there any publisher that you recommend and is known to support young writers. Thank you. Walid

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  9. Wenlpt says

    November 21, 2016 at 2:36 pm

    Thank you for this list. It has provided a starting place.
    I just finished writing my first children’s picture book and have so many others floating around in my head!
    Now I can try and share them with all the kids out there!

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    • Parent Club says

      March 24, 2017 at 9:38 am

      That sounds so exciting. Best of luck with your picture book!

      Reply
  10. hasib4joy says

    January 2, 2017 at 2:56 am

    I am an illustration artist. I basically work online at merchant sites. But I am tired of working in this sites that sucks both buyer and the seller. I want to work directly with publishers and writers. Can you please help on this matter.

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    • Parent Club says

      March 24, 2017 at 9:38 am

      Submit your portfolio to publishing houses and stay positive.

      Reply
  11. Marica Mattaliano says

    March 5, 2017 at 11:14 pm

    Caroline, I was fortunate enough to hear you speak on the panel in November at CANSCAIP in Toronto – I’m working on many manuscripts right now and your list of publishers above was very helpful to get me started.
    Thanks very much!

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    • Parent Club says

      March 6, 2017 at 3:44 pm

      Gosh I was so nervous speaking that day. I hope you took away a bit of useful information!

      Reply
  12. Chris Dwyer says

    March 6, 2017 at 12:11 pm

    A wonderful to do, this post. Thank you.

    Reply
  13. Chris Dwyer says

    March 6, 2017 at 12:12 pm

    *thing to do

    Reply
  14. Chris Hibbard says

    March 17, 2017 at 1:08 am

    This is a wonderful resource. I’m very happy to have stumbled across it. Thank you very much!

    Sincerely,

    A writer in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

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    • Parent Club says

      March 24, 2017 at 9:36 am

      Hope it helps with your publishing journey.

      Reply
  15. M. Paterson says

    March 24, 2017 at 5:24 am

    You spelled ‘received’ incorrectly in your first sentence on this web page.

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    • Parent Club says

      March 24, 2017 at 9:36 am

      Great catch! I appreciate the correction. It has been fixed. A writer’s life is always in progress…even with spelling 🙂

      Reply
  16. Mike says

    April 28, 2017 at 12:31 pm

    Hey I was going through your list and couldn’t help but notice you missed out Nelson Education. They have a great collection of children’s books

    Reply
    • Parent Club says

      April 28, 2017 at 4:33 pm

      I don’t see Nelson Education having submission guidelines on their website. So they might just be a book distributor and not a publisher.

      Reply
  17. PJ Wright says

    October 15, 2020 at 8:46 pm

    There is another wonderful Canadian Children’s Publisher not yet on your list called DC Canada Education Publishing. They are fairly small but have high quality resources and a great reading program. They also have educational games, gifts and music. Their website is http://www.dc-canada.ca .

    (I am the author/illustrator of the “Better Behaviour” book series)

    Reply

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