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Top 25 Independent children's book publishers worldwide
RevenueBase identified 874 independent children's book publishers worldwide as of September 2026 and tracks 6,382 professional contacts across them, including 1,054 with verified work emails. The United States is the largest market and London the largest hub.
This list covers independent children's book publishers worldwide, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 20, 2026. Country and city lists for independent children's book publishers follow the table.
Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.
The 25 largest independent children's book publishers worldwide
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
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| 1 | 768 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Usborne is the largest and most successful independent children's book publisher in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 406 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Editorial de literatura infantil y juvenil que publica narrativa, poesía y álbumes ilustrados, con más de 130 años de historia.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 271 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Educational Development Corporation (EDC) likes being in a bind, as long as the cover appeals to youngsters.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 265 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Austin Macauley Publishers is an independent publisher based in London, New York and Sharjah.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 149 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Gallimard Jeunesse, éditeur de livres pour les enfants Depuis sa naissance en 1972, Gallimard Jeunesse réunit les talents d'auteurs et d'illustrateurs pour mettre au service des…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 137 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Hachette Children’s Group is one of the largest children’s publishers in the UK, with an excellent track record in creating bestselling and award-winning books for children.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 120 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Nosy Crow is a multi-award-winning, independent children’s publishing company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 92 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Little Tiger is a creatively-led publisher of engaging and inspiring books for children and young people.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 74 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Presença is an independent trade publisher of fiction and non-fiction books.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 68 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Hello Éditions est une maison d’édition indépendante basée à Paris, engagée aux côtés des auteurs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 63 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Since its beginnings in 1935 as the first American publishing house founded with the purpose of publishing only children's books, Holiday House has been proud to gather together…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Black Rose Writing is an independent publishing house that strongly believes in developing a personal relationship with their authors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Arcturus Publishing is a successful independent publisher of non-fiction books for both adults and children based in Central London.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 42 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Desde hace 21 años conformamos un grupo editorial que busca satisfacer las necesidades educativas, didácticas y lúdicas de padres y chicos.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “White Star is an Italian-based publishing house focusing on illustrated books for adults and kids.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 40 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Wir sind ein modernes Familienunternehmen mit einem Herz für Kinder- und Jugendbücher, Graphic Novels sowie New Adult-Romane.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 39 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Sweet Cherry Publishing is an award-winning children’s book publisher based in Leicester.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Charlesbridge Publishing is an independent publisher of high-quality books for children and young adults.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Gemini Books Group is an independent publisher, established in 2023.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Peachtree Publishers is a trade book publisher, specializing in quality children's books.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Lemniscaat is one of the oldest and most well known children's book publishers in Holland.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 35 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Chicago Review Press is an independent publishing company founded in 1973.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Walker Books Australia has been bringing the best of children’s publishing to Australian children for over 20 years and is recognised as a market leader in quality children’s…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 32 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Gottmer Uitgevers Groep is een zelfstandige, algemene uitgeverij en voert een breed assortiment uitgaven van verschillende media gericht op kinderen met Gottmer kinderboeken en…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 31 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Astra Publishing House is dedicated to publishing books for children and adults that celebrate excellent storytelling, a strong point of view, and can introduce readers to new…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 20, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
RevenueBase Smart Search
RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: independent children's book publishers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.
- Strong evidence
- The company's own public description of its business names independent children's book publishers.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of independent children's book publishers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
- Indirect evidence
- The description shown does not name independent children's book publishers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.
RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.
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Independent children's book publishers worldwide at a glance
As of Sep 20, 2026Companies by employee count
Email recency is reported on each country list linked below.
How this list was built
Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among independent children's book publishers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.
- Source
- The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
- Coverage
- Every country. Country and city lists for independent children's book publishers are linked below.
- What qualifies
- Companies worldwide whose own description of what they do matches “independent children's book publishers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
- RevenueBase Smart Search
- RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names independent children's book publishers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
- What we exclude
- Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among independent children's book publishers, and records with no verified work email.
- Match quality
- In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
- Ranking
- Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
- Verification
- Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,054 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
- Refresh
- This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 20, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
- Corrections
- Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.
Independent children's book publishers by location
2 lists · largest firstEvery Independent children's book publishers list RevenueBase publishes, by country and city. Counts are matching companies in each list as of its own refresh date.
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Frequently asked
What is RevenueBase Smart Search?
RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names independent children's book publishers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.
How many independent children's book publishers are there worldwide?
RevenueBase identified 874 independent children's book publishers worldwide as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.
What is the largest company on this list?
Usborne Publishing, headquartered in London, tops this list with the largest team on record.
Which country has the most independent children's book publishers?
The United States leads with 243 companies, followed by the United Kingdom (97). Every independent children's book publishers list by country and city is linked on this page.
Which city has the most independent children's book publishers?
London leads with 33 headquartered companies, followed by New York (13) and Los Angeles (10).
How do I get contact information for these companies?
A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,054 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 874 companies.
How current is this list?
The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 20, 2026.
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About this data
RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.