From one of the award-winning authors of "Write a Marketable Children's Book"

About the Author: 
Jennifer McKerley

Jennifer McKerley is a teacher and award-winning author of twelve children’s books. Her latest books are Blue Ribbons, No Green Things and Lone Star the Lawman (Heinemann Publishing, 2020).
Publisher Leads Pt 2
Written by Jennifer McKerley on March 9, 2024
"Here are more publishers who are open to your submissions for children’s books." 
Here are more publishers who are open to your submissions for children’s books.
 
So take a look at the leads below that we have compiled just for you. 

Note: You should be aware that publishers vary in how they want manuscripts submitted.
Some require email attachment. Others require that you upload to their site, and some houses still want paper submissions by snail mail. You can see all the details on their sites.

Check out these publishers and get your stories off.
We know it’s time consuming and tedious to scour market guides for children’s writers, so we’re doing it for you!

We look for publishers who accept “over the transom” submissions—that isunsolicited queries and/or manuscripts for books and magazines for children. We also look for publishing houses and editors who do not require the writer to have an agent.

So take a look at the leads below that we have compiled just for you. 

Note: You should be aware that publishers vary in how they want manuscripts submitted. Some require email attachment. Others require that you upload to their site, and some houses still want paper submissions by snail mail. You can see all the details on their sites.

For optimizing your chances of getting your submission accepted, be sure to get our workbook. We can help you fine-tune your manuscript or help you get that idea from your head out onto paper (or computer screen.)

Write a Marketable Children Book – Not Your Typical How-to-Write Guide by Shirley Raye Redmond & Jennifer McKerley

We teach you how to target the market and plot guides for fiction and give you story arc guides for nonfiction. That's just an example, though, of what you'll find in our easy-to-follow manual. (See more details below or go directly to our website.)

Compiled Publisher's List Who Are Accepting Submissions

  • ​Flashlight Press publishes fictional picture books. Go to flashlightpress.com and click on "Submissions" for details.
  • ​GIBBS SMITH does nonfiction picture books, middle grade readers and activity books. Go to gibbs-smith.com. Scroll to bottom of page to "Submissions."
  • ​FAMILIUS publishes boardbooks, picturebooks, interactive books and more. Go: familius.com. Click on “About Us” then “Work With us.” 
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We are Shirley Raye Redmond & Jennifer McKerley, award-winning authors and writing partners. We are teachers, speakers, parents, and students. We love writing stories. We challenge each other to reach our individual goals, and we also like to share what we've learned with aspiring writers.
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WANT TO WRITE FOR KIDS?

Whether your want to write fiction or nonfiction, check out our workbook, "Write a Marketable Children's Book." It's not your typical how-to-write guide.

This guide reveals the step-by-step approach that Shirley Raye and Jennifer used to break into children's publishing and to keep selling.

You must write a MARKETABLE book in order to sell it,
and this workbook teaches:

  • HOW TO RESEARCH THE MARKET.
  • HOW TO CRAFT YOUR STORY TO TARGET THE MARKET.
  • HOW TO ESTABLISH EDITOR CONTACTS.
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