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We at the Children's Book Council are happy to answer your questions concerning children's books and children's book publishing. Our website is full of helpful information, and we encourage you to browse these pages before contacting us.
To learn more about writing, illustrating, and publishing children's books, please visit the Publishing FAQs page.
To find out about publishers and their submission policies, please visit our CBC Members List.
If you would like information about CBC membership, go to the Becoming a Member page. To be a member of the Children's Book Council, you must be a U.S. publisher or packager of books or related materials for children.
CBC Postal Address and Phone/Fax Contacts
The Children's Book Council
12 West 37th Street, 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10018-7480
Telephone: (212) 966-1990
Fax: (212) 966-2073
Toll Free Fax: (888) 807-9355
Orders only: (800) 999-2160 (toll-free)
E-Mail Contacts
Use our contact form:
- For inquiries about an existing order or how to place an order
- To request a CBC catalog
- To inquire about your CBC Features subscription, obtain a free sample, or make a comment
- For questions or comments about CBC catalog materials or to inquire about permission to reprint CBC artwork, graphics, or articles from the CBC website or CBC Publications
- For inquiries about permission to reprint articles from the CBC website or CBC publications
- To find out how your publishing or packaging company can become a member of the CBC
- To find out more about CBC professional educational programs for publishers
- For general information requests
...or for any other inquiries. Click here for the contact form.
Publishers who are not members of CBC are invited to review the Bibliographic Project Submissions information.