Free Spirit Publishing, an Imprint of Teacher Created Materials
Independent publisher · US
Open nowEligibility limitsCBC member Verified on June 9, 2026
Submission status
Accepting unagented submissions now, on an ongoing basis.
- Source says
- “Please review submission guidelines on our website: https://www.teachercreatedmaterials.com/submission-guidelines”
- We derived
- Open now
- Confirmed
- Verified on June 9, 2026 against the publisher's own site.
Eligibility
Proposal package required (cover letter, resume, market analysis). SEL-aligned picture books and board books. No poetry; no animals or mythical creatures as primary characters.
What they publish
- Audiences
- Preschool, Elementary, Middle grade
- Formats
- Board book, Picture book, Chapter book, Novel
- Genres
- Nonfiction, Fiction
- Titles per year
- 100+ annually
How to submit
- Method
- Submittable
- Query first
- No
Trust & source
- CBC member
- Yes — Children's Book Council member
- Charges authors
- No
- Website
- www.teachercreatedmaterials.com/free-spirit-publishing/
- Policy source
- cbcbooks.org/publishers/our-members/
Verified on June 9, 2026. The publisher's own submissions page is always the final word — policies change without notice.