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Harcourt Children's Books published books for children of all ages, including interactive books for toddlers, picture books for young children, science fiction and fantasy novels for preteen and teens, as well as historical fiction. The house was the original publisher of such classics as Mary Poppins, The Borrowers, and Half Magic.
Harcourt Brace College; Harvest Books; James H. Silberman; Harcourt Religious Publishers; Harcourt Religion; Mariner Books: now part of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: 16 United States Government Publishing Office: 17 Thomas Nelson: was Glasgow-based; imprint now owned by HarperCollins, code dormant 18 … not yet assigned: 19 Oxford University Press
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Vivendi Universal already owned the British children's publisher Kingfisher, which became a Houghton Mifflin imprint. [32] In 2002, facing mounting financial and legal pressures, Vivendi sold Houghton to private equity investors Thomas H. Lee Partners , Bain Capital , and Blackstone Group for $1.66 billion, including assumed debt (approximately ...
Holt McDougal is an American publishing company, a division of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, that specializes in textbooks for use in high schools.. The Holt name is derived from that of U.S. publisher Henry Holt (1840–1926), co-founder of the earliest ancestor business, but Holt McDougal is distinct from contemporary Henry Holt and Company, which claims the history from 1866.
Books originally published by Harcourt, including World Book Company; Harcourt, Brace & Howe; Harcourt, Brace & Company; Harcourt, Brace & World; and Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. Subcategories This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.
The book also includes several references to the real world including the poem Mary Had a Little Lamb and several common abbreviations such as Ltd., Co., Bros., etc. It was highly praised and became a Newbery Honor book and an ALA Notable Children's Book. Audiobook and cartoon versions of the book were also created.
By 1960, Harcourt Brace led the market in high school textbook publishing, but had little presence in the elementary school market. That year, William Jovanovich, who had become president of the company in 1954, took the company public and merged Harcourt Brace & Company with World Book Company to create Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc. This was a ...