Books with author HOUGHTON%20MIFFLIN%20HARCOURT

This stunning fantasy inspired by Chinese folklore is a companion novel to Starry River of the Sky and the New York Times bestselling and National Book Award finalist When the Sea Turned to Silver In the valley of Fruitless mountain, a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents. In the evenings, her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon and the Old Man on the Moon, who knows the answers to all of life's questions. Inspired by these stories, Minli sets off on an extraordinary journey to find the Old Man on the Moon to ask him how she can change her family's fortune. She encounters an assorted cast of characters and magical creatures along the way, including a dragon who accompanies her on her quest for the ultimate answer. Grace Lin, author of the beloved Year of the Dog and Year of the Rat returns with a wondrous story of adventure, faith, and friendship. A fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a timeless story reminiscent of The Wizard of Oz and Kelly Barnhill's The Girl Who Drank the Moon. Her beautiful illustrations, printed in full-color, accompany the text throughout. Once again, she has created a charming, engaging book for young readers.

Free exclusive sneak peeks at some of the hottest YA debuts! At Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers, nothing excites us more than discovering talented new authors. In the spring of 2016, we introduce four new writers, each with a story and style all her own. From a novice diver looking for answers at the bottom of the sea in The Art of Not Breathing to a time-traveling heroine searching for her mother in Into the Dim; from an honest look at the ups and downs of friendship in How It Ends to a first love complicated by family scandal in Suffer Love, these sneak-peek samplers will give you a taste of what is coming and leave you wanting more. Click the link at the end of each excerpt to download the full ebook.

Join Carmen Sandiego and decide where in the world to go next in this globe-trotting, daring caper! Stop VILE from stealing the superior jetpack technology you’ve developed and using it for nefarious deeds. With twenty possible endings, your adventures can take you all over the world—or out of the game. Which will you choose? In this choose-your-own-caper set in the world of Carmen Sandiego, you are unwittingly working as a technician developing a highly maneuverable jetpack for VILE. The prototype is almost complete when Carmen sneaks into your lab to steal it. That’s when she tells you about VILE and their dastardly deeds. You decide to help Carmen try to keep this cutting-edge technology away from anyone who’d use it as the ultimate thieving tool. Or do you? Twenty different possible endings keep readers coming back for more adventures with Carmen Sandiego!

Handpicked by Amazon kids’ books editor, Seira Wilson, for Prime Book Box – a children’s subscription that inspires a love of reading.Join Carmen Sandiego and decide where in the world to go next in this globe-trotting, daring caper! Help Carmen save wild animals of all kinds, especially the rare Amur tiger cub kidnapped from you by VILE. With 20 possible endings, your adventures can take you all over the world—or out of the game. Which will you choose?In this choose-your-own-caper story set in the world of Carmen Sandiego, you are a junior zookeeper caring for a rare newborn Amur tiger cub. VILE, in its latest plot, is stealing exotic animals to sell to a billionaire collector, and your charge is cub-napped! Carmen arrives and you decide the best way to get your cub back is to help her defeat VILE and rescue all the animals they’ve captured. Or do you? Twenty different endings to this story keep readers coming back for more adventures with Carmen Sandiego!

The girls are in charge in this full-to-the-brim collection featuring ten stories that can each be read aloud in five minutes flat. Fearless, fun, determined, daring, kind, and confident . . . these girls rule! Whether you’re looking for a strong role model, a quick pick-me-up, a jolt of inspiration, or just a giggle, this treasury has all that and more! A padded cover with plenty of glitz and gloss makes this the perfect book for gifting. Get a good dose of girl power with these ten titles: Karen Beaumont and Dave Catrow’s I Like Myself!; Beth Cadena and Frank Dormer’s Supersister; Marilyn Singer and Alexandra Boiger’s Tallulah’s Tutu; Jeanne Birdsall and Matt Phelan’s Flora’s Very Windy Day; Tammi Sauer and Joe Berger’s Princess in Training; Monica Brown and Magaly Morales’s Chavela and the Magic Bubble; Jessica Meserve’s Small Sister; Margaret Chodos-Irvine’s Ella Sarah Gets Dressed; Erica Silverman and Betsy Lewin’s Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa; Cynthia Jabar’s Wow, It Sure Is Good to Be You!