Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing

Like the kids who read our books, Hardie Grant Children’s Publishing is young and small with boundless drive and energy. We are the #5 children’s publisher in Australia, and the largest Australian independent children’s publisher. We excel at making books that capture imaginations and encourage kis to fall in love with reading.

We are a small company and we use our size to our advantage. We handpick the people and partners we work with and the projects we work on and dedicate all of our efforts and resources into making them a success.

Little Hare and Bright Light are to picture book imprint that belong to Hardie Grant.

Little Hare works with the very best authors and illustrators from Australia and beyond. Discover books from Freya Blackwood, Libby Gleeson, Margaret Wild, Andrew Joyner, Bronwyn Bancroft and many more. Little Hare books are available across the globe and published in numerous languages for families around the world to cherish.

Bright Light was launched in 2021 as a ground-breaking, exhuberant collection of illustrated books for children, united by a vision to change the world – one conversation at a time.