Mission

Founded in 1975, Children’s Book Press is a nonprofit independent publisher that promotes cooperation and understanding through multicultural and bilingual literature, offering children a sense of their culture, history and importance.

Vision

Children’s Book Press is the only nonprofit, independent press in the country focused on publishing first voice literature for children by and about people from the Latino, African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, and Native American communities. We promote lived and shared experiences of cultures who have been historically under-represented or misrepresented in children’s literature while also focusing on promoting inter-cultural and cross-cultural awareness for children of all backgrounds. Children’s Book Press literature provide tools that help build healthy children, families, and thriving communities for generations to come.

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Support

Children's Book Press is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Our work is made possible, in part, by the following: AT&T Foundation, The WalMart Foundation/California Advisory Council, National Endowment for the Arts, San Francisco Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission, the Wells Fargo/Wachovia  Foundation, Stephen Santos Rico, Carlota del Portillo, Union Bank of California, Children's Book Press Board of Directors, Anonymous Fund of the Greater Houston Community Foundation, Herbert and Nylda Gemple, Rose Gilbault, and many others.