Small Presses
Owned and Operated by People of Color:
Publishers of Children's Books

Small Presses Owned and Operated by People of Color

Cooperative Children's Book Center
School of Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison


  • African-American Presses
  • American Indian Presses and Tribal Publishers
  • Asian-American Presses
  • Latino Presses
  • Other Small Presses Committed to Publishing Multicultural Literature
  • Reproducing This List
    Last updated: September 2005
    If you have corrections or additions for this list, please contact schliesman@education.wisc.edu

    African-American Presses

    Africa World Press
    541 Ingham Avenue, Suite B
    Trenton, NJ 08607
    609) 695-3200
    E-mail: awprsp@africanworld.com

    African American Images
    1909 W. 95th St.
    Chicago, IL 60643
    800-552-1991
    Email: aai@africanamericanimages.com

    Books for Black Children, Inc.
    P.O.Box 13261
    Reading, PA 19612
    610-376-6996
    E-mail: bbc-inc@att.net

    Charill Publishers
    4468 San Francisco Ave.
    P.O. Box 150124
    Saint Louis, MO 63115
    314-382-4998

    Creative Press Works

    P.O. Box 280556
    Memphis, TN 38128
    901-382-8246
    Email: dj3ks@aol.com

    Desmond A. Reid/Theo Gaus, Ltd.
    P.O. Box 1168
    Brooklyn, NY 11202
    718-625-4651

    Eschar Publications
    P. O. Box 1194
    Mount Dora, FL
    Email: escharpub@earthlink.net


    Gumbs & Thomas
    P.O. Box 373
    New York, NY 10039
    212-694-6677
    Email: ragume@aol.com

    Just Us Books
    356 Glenwood Ave., 3rd Floor
    East Orange, NJ 07017
    973-672-7701
    Email: justusbooks@mindspring.com

    New Day Press
    c/o Karamu House
    2355 E. 89th St.
    Cleveland, OH 44106
    216-795-7070
    Email: editor@newdaypress.com

    Sister Vision Press
    P.O. Box 217, Station E
    Toronto, Ontario
    M6H 4E2 Canada
    416-533-9353

    Third World Press
    P.O. Box 19730
    7822 S. Dobson Ave.
    Chicago, Illinois 60619
    773-651-0700
    Email: twpress3@aol.com

    Warren-Mattox Productions
    301 Lakespring Pl.
    Oakley, CA 94561-3162
    415-223-7089

    Winston-Derek Publishers
    P.O. Box 90883
    Nashville, TN 37209
    615-321-0535

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    American Indian Presses and Tribal Publishers

    Anishinabe Reading Materials
    Indian Education Department
    Duluth Public Schools
    2424 West 5th Street
    Duluth, MN 55806
    218-733-2046, ext. 187
    (Ojibwe)

    Choctaw Heritage Press
    Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
    Route 7, Box 21
    Philadelphia, MS 39350
    601-656-5252
    (Choctaw)

    Cross Cultural Education Center
    P.O. Box 92
    Welling, OK 74471
    918-458-5334
    (Cherokee)

    Daybreak Star Press
    1945 Yale Place
    Seattle, WA 98102
    206-325-0070
    (All Nations)

    Indian Country Communications
    7831 Grindstone Avenue
    Hayward, WI 54843-2052
    (Ojibwe)

    Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
    P.O. Box 217
    Cass Lake, MN 56633
    218-335-8581
    Email: mctjyr@paulbunyan.net
    (Ojibwe)

    Muh-He-Con-Neew Press
    N9136 Big Lake Road
    Gresham, WI 54128-8955
    715-787-4427
    (Stockbridge-Munsee/Mohican)

    Oyate
    2702 Mathews St.
    Berkeley, CA 94702
    (510) 848-6700
    Email: oyate@oyate.org
    (All nations; also distributes selected books from Native-owned presses)

    Pemmican Publications
    Unit #2 - 1635 Burrows Ave.
    Winnipeg, Manitoba
    R2X 0T1 Canada
    204-589-6346
    Email: pemmican@www.pemmican.mb.ca
    (Metis)

    Theytus Books
    Lot 45, Green Mountain Road
    RR 2, Site 50, Comp 8
    Penticon, British Columbia
    V2A 6J7 Canada
    250-493-7181
    Email: info@theytusbooks.ca
    (Okanagan; All nations)

    Waapoone Publishing
    Box 1358
    Lakefield, Ontario
    K0L 2H0 Canada
    (705) 652-7947
    (Ojibwe)

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    Asian-American Presses

    Asia for Kids
    4480 Lake Forest Dr. #302
    Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
    1-800-888-9681
    Email: info@afk.com
    (Distributes Asian and Asian Ameican books and related products from large and small presses)

    Asia Resource Center
    P.O. Box 15275
    Washington, D.C. 20003
    202-547-1114

    Asian American Curriculum Projects (formerly JACP)
    529 East Third Avenue
    San Mateo, CA 94401
    800-874-2242
    Email: aacpinc@asianamericanbooks.com
    (Also distributes Asian and Asian-American books from small and large presses)

    Bess Press
    3565 Harding Avenue
    Honolulu, HI 96816
    808-734-7159
    Email: sales@besspress.com

    China Books
    360 Swift Avenue, #48
    South San Francisco, CA 94080
    800-818-2017
    Email: info@chinabooks.com

    Design Enterprises of San Francisco
    P.O. Box 14695
    San Francisco, CA 94114
    415-282-8813

    Heian International
    20655 S. Western Ave. #105
    Torrance, CA 90501
    Email: heianemail@earthlink.net

    Japanese American Curriculum Projects (JACP)
    See Asian American Curriculum Projects

    Lee & Low
    95 Madison Ave., Suite 1205
    New York, NY 10016
    212-779-4400
    Email: general@leeandlow.com

    Many Cultures Publishing
    San Francisco Study Center
    1095 Market Street, Suite 602
    San Francisco, CA 94103
    415-626-1650
    E-mail: phil@studycenter.org

    Master Communications
    4480 Lake Forest Drive, Suite 302
    Cincinnati, OH 45242-3726
    513-563-3100
    Email: info@master-comm.com

    Mina Press
    P.O. Box 854
    Sebastopol, CA 95472
    (707) 829-0854

    Polychrome Publishing Co.
    4509 N. Francisco Ave.
    Chicago, IL 60625
    773-478-4453
    Email: info@polychromebooks.com

    Press Pacifica
    P.O. Box 47
    Kailua, HI 96734

    Project Chong
    P.O. Box 9551
    Green Bay, WI 54308

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    Latino Presses

    BOPO Bilingual Books
    P.O. Box 9012
    Torrance, CA 90508
    (800) 251-3423

    Latin American Literary Review Press
    P.O. Box 17660
    Pittsburgh, PA 15235
    412-824-7903
    Email: latin@angstrom.net

    Libros Tigrillo/Groundwood Books
    110 Spadina Avenue, Suite 801
    Toronto, Ontario
    M5V 2K4 Canada
    416-363-4343
    Email: dani.lacusta@douglas-mcintyre.com

    Pinata Books/Arte Publico
    University of Houston
    452 Cullen Performance Hall
    Houston, TX 77204
    800-663-2783
    Email: bkorders@uh.edu

    Victory Publishing
    3504 Oak Drive
    Menlo Park, CA 94025
    415-323-1650

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    Other Small Presses Committed to Publishing Multicultural Literature


    A.R.T.S.
    134 Henry Street
    New York, NY 10002
    212-962-8231

    Annick Press
    15 Patricia Ave
    Willowdale, Ontario
    M2M 1H9 Canada
    416-221-4802
    Email: annick@annickpress.com

    Children's Book Press
    2211 Mission Street
    San Francisco, CA 94110
    415-821-3080
    Email: info@childrensbookpress.org

    Fifth House
    1511-1800 4 Street SW
    Calgary, AB, Canada
    T2S 2S5
    Email: godwit@fitzhenry.ca

    Lee & Low
    (see entry under Asian-American Presses)

    Lollipop Power/Carolina Wren
    120 Morris Street
    Durham, NC 27701
    919-560-2738
    Email: carolina@carolinawrenpress.org

    New Seed Press
    P.O. Box 9488
    Berkeley, CA 94709-0488
    415-540-7576

    Open Hand Publishing
    P.O. Box 20207
    Greensboro, NC 27420
    336-292-8585
    Email: info@openhand.com

    Second Story Press
    20 Maud Street, Suite 401
    Toronto, Ontario
    M5V 2M5 Canada
    Email: info@secondstorypress.ca

    Volcano Press
    P.O. Box 270
    Volcano, CA 95689-0270
    800-879-9636
    Email: sales@volcanopress.com

    Women's Educational Press
    517 College St, Suite 233
    Toronto, Ontario
    M6G 4A2 Canada
    416-921-2425


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