Harriet Hamsterbone is not your average prin
The first book in this hilarious new comic-hybrid series is perfect for adventure-loving fans of Babymouse and Dragonbreath.
Ursula Vernon is a full-time author and illustrator whose work has won a Hugo award and been nominated for an Eisner. She loves birding, gardening, and spunky heroines, and thinks she would make a terrible princess. Ursula lives with her husband in Pittsboro, North Carolina.
Ursula Vernon is a full-time author and illustrator whose work has won a Hugo award and been nominated for an Eisner. She loves birding, gardening, and spunky heroines, and thinks she would make a terrible princess. Ursula lives with her husband in Pittsboro, North Carolina.
A 2015 Texas Bluebonnet nominee
A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2015
A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2015
A New York Public Library Best Book for Reading and Sharing of
2015
A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2015
An ALA Notable Children's Book of 2016
"[A] charming, funny, subversive middle-grade illustrated
fantasy." — Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling
author, activist, and co-editor of Boing Boing
* "A joy to read, and we can only hope that Harriet – long may
she reign – will return in later installments.” —Booklist, starred
review
* "Move over, Babymouse, there’s a new rodent in town!...Vernon has
created a spunky heroine readers will cheer for and who will leave
them eagerly searching for the happily ever after in the next
installment." —School Library Journal, starred review
* "Harriet is her own hamster, but she takes her place proudly
alongside both Danny Dragonbreath and Babymouse. Creatively fresh
and feminist, with laughs on every single page." —Kirkus
Reviews, starred review
* "A book with all the makings of a hit. Readers will be laughing
themselves silly." —Publishers Weekly, starred
review
"Middle-graders with a taste for absurdity and snark will find
plenty of both here...Fans of Holm’s Babymouse (Babymouse: Queen of
the World, BCCB 12/05) series or Vernon’s Dragonbreath (BCCB 9/09)
series will definitely want to tag along on Harriet’s future
adventures." —BCCB
A 2015 Texas Bluebonnet nominee A Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2015 A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2015 A New York Public Library Best Book for Reading and Sharing of 2015 A Chicago Public Library Best Book of 2015 An ALA Notable Children's Book of 2016 "[A] charming, funny, subversive middle-grade illustrated fantasy." -- Cory Doctorow, New York Times bestselling author, activist, and co-editor of Boing Boing * "A joy to read, and we can only hope that Harriet - long may she reign - will return in later installments." --Booklist, starred review * "Move over, Babymouse, there's a new rodent in town!...Vernon has created a spunky heroine readers will cheer for and who will leave them eagerly searching for the happily ever after in the next installment." --School Library Journal, starred review * "Harriet is her own hamster, but she takes her place proudly alongside both Danny Dragonbreath and Babymouse. Creatively fresh and feminist, with laughs on every single page." --Kirkus Reviews, starred review * "A book with all the makings of a hit. Readers will be laughing themselves silly." --Publishers Weekly, starred review "Middle-graders with a taste for absurdity and snark will find plenty of both here...Fans of Holm's Babymouse (Babymouse: Queen of the World, BCCB 12/05) series or Vernon's Dragonbreath (BCCB 9/09) series will definitely want to tag along on Harriet's future adventures." --BCCB
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