ARQS PRESS KIDS

Books built to grow with curious kids.

Original stories, bilingual world adventures, cultural learning, mysteries and character-led series—organized by age and released only when the title’s manuscript, facts, art and files clear QA.

AGE PATHS

Four clear reading stages.

0–2Picture-led first concepts, alphabet, numbers and shapes.
3–6Read-aloud stories, early adventures and visual learning.
6–9Independent reading, culture, geography and discovery.
9–12Mystery, investigation, global themes and longer adventures.
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ARQS ORIGINAL COLLECTIONS

Series moving through production.

A collection can be content-complete before it is retail-ready. These labels separate writing progress from final art, packaging and title release.

CHARACTER SERIES

Elisabeth With the Ness

A character-led children’s series with recovered source material, editorial reconciliation and a growing launch package.

Editorial + art-direction stage
GLOBAL LEARNING

The Four Crowns

Culture, geography and world-learning adventures designed around child-facing story packages.

Multiple manuscripts in production
BILINGUAL

Bilingual World Adventures

Dual-language stories designed to pair storytelling with language and heritage learning.

Collection expansion
CULTURAL HERITAGE

Our World, Our Heritage

Culture-focused books built around respectful research, fact-checking and age-appropriate context.

Editorial production
MYSTERY

Jason the Detective & Tracy the Spy

Older-reader mysteries built around investigation, travel and puzzle-solving.

Development
ANIMAL ADVENTURES

Emmy & Friends

A growing ensemble of animal characters for younger readers and connected learning stories.

Development
PUBLISH WITH ARQS

Independent author submissions are open for review.

Send the manuscript or sample, synopsis, target age band, author name, rights status and illustration status. Submission is for review only and is not a promise of publication.