Publishers / ONLINE / WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS 

http://www2.xlibris.com Xlibris in partnership with Random House gives you the tools you need to become your own publisher. Give them your manuscript, they work with you to format it and design the cover, and then the completed file is stored digitally. Your book is added to an online bookstore as well as other popular booksellers like Amazon.com and Borders.com. When someone places an order for a copy, one is printed up and shipped out, splitting the royalties with you. They offer hardback, trade paperback, and electronic formats. You retain all rights to your work and are free to take it elsewhere at any time.

http://www.dk.com/   Dorling Kindersley Ltd. publishers of the popular Eyewitness series of non-fiction illustrated books; they provide a special section for kids. DK reference books are richly illustrated, worth checking out.

http://www.harperchildrens.com/   Harper Collins Children's Books

http://homearts.com  Hearst Corporation's Home Arts website.

http://www.mcp.com/ Macmillan Publishing, also a link to the ever popular "Politically Correct Bedtime Stories"

http://www.penguin.com  Penguin books have teacher resource links, and reading groups.

http://www.randomhouse.com/ Random House site features excerpts and previews of novels, biographical information, and links to other resources.

http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/law/acqs/pubr/child.html   Children's Literature Publishers: link site provided by AcqWeb, Vanderbilt University. Many small and large publisher sites are linked form here, most are described with main field of interest.

http://www.cbcbooks.org/  Children's Book Council, check their members list for information and addresses of many of the children's book publishers.

http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/  Children's Literature Web Guide and go to Children's Publishers on the Internet for links to many more sources.

http://www.terrypogue.com   Terry's Audiobooks lists 800 numbers for most of the major audiobook publishers along with the web site.

ONLINE

http://www.bookgarden.com/  Book Garden Gallery, offers a nice selection of books for sell, has illustrated stories on-line, links to interesting sites.

http://www.candlelightstories.com/   Candle Light Stories is a web site devoted to non-published or self-published authors/illustrators. Thinking about writing or illustrating this might be a good place to start.

http://www.seanet.com/~eldrbarry/roos/eest.htm   Effective Storytelling, A manual for beginners by Barry McWilliams, although not stories online this resource could get you started in that direction.

http://www.bookgarden.com/fox.html Fabler Fox's Reading Room, Book Garden publishing on-line, good early reader.

http://www.planetzoom.com/storybookpark.html   Storybook Park publishes original stories on-line,

WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTORS

http://www.ingrambookgroup.com   Ingram Book Group,  Wholesale distributor of books, periodicals, multimedia, and spoken audio to booksellers, librarians, and specialty retail outlets. And home of the mighty Book Kahoona.