The Invention Of Hugo Cabret

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

• Author : Brian Selznick
• Publisher : Scholastic
• Release Date : 2015-09-03
• Genre: Juvenile Fiction
• Pages : 534
• ISBN 10 : 9781407166575

ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and her grandfather, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

• Author : Brian Selznick
• Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
• Release Date : 2015-09-15
• Genre: Juvenile Fiction
• Pages : 544
• ISBN 10 : 9780545921947

Don't miss Selznick's other novels in words and pictures, Wonderstruck and The Marvels, which together with The Invention of Hugo Cabret, form an extraordinary thematic trilogy! 2008 Caldecott Medal winnerThe groundbreaking debut novel from bookmaking pioneer, Brian Selznick!Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks--like the gears of the clocks he keeps--with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life and his most precious secret are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.With 284 pages of original drawings and combining elements of picture book, graphic novel, and film, Brian Selznick breaks open the novel form to create an entirely new reading experience. Here is a stunning cinematic tour de force from a boldly innovative storyteller and artist.

The Invention of Hugo Cabret

• Author : Brian Selznick
• Publisher : Scholastic Press
• Release Date : 2007
• Genre: Children's stories
• Pages : 533
• ISBN 10 : 1407103482

ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and her grandfather, Hugo's undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message from Hugo's dead father form the backbone of this intricate, tender, and spellbinding mystery.

When Marian Sang

• Author : Pam Munoz/ Selznick Ryan (Brian)
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2004-04-01
• Genre: Juvenile Fiction
• Pages : null
• ISBN 10 : 1591129486

An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera, whose life and career encouraged social change.

The Marvels

• Author : Brian Selznick
• Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
• Release Date : 2015-09-15
• Genre: Juvenile Fiction
• Pages : 672
• ISBN 10 : 9780545922128

Don't miss Selznick's other novels in words and pictures, The Invention of Hugo Cabret and Wonderstruck, which together with The Marvels, form an extraordinary thematic trilogy! A breathtaking new voyage from Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick.Two stand-alone stories--the first in nearly 400 pages of continuous pictures, the second in prose--create a beguiling narrative puzzle.The journey begins at sea in 1766, with a boy named Billy Marvel. After surviving a shipwreck, he finds work in a London theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage.Nearly a century later, runaway Joseph Jervis seeks refuge with an uncle in London. Albert Nightingale's strange, beautiful house, with its mysterious portraits and ghostly presences, captivates Joseph and leads him on a search for clues about the house, his family, and the past.A gripping adventure and an intriguing invitation to decipher how the two stories connect, The Marvels is a loving tribute to the power of story from an artist at the vanguard of creative innovation.

The Hugo Movie Companion

• Author : Brian Selznick
• Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
• Release Date : 2011
• Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
• Pages : 258
• ISBN 10 : 9780545331555

"Brian Selznick takes readers on an intimate tour of the movie-making process as his Caldecott Award-winning book The Invention of Hugo Cabret is turned into a 3-D major motion picture by Academy Award-winning director, Martin Scorsese, written by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, John Logan."--Amazon.com.

Wonderstruck

• Author : Brian Selznick
• Publisher : Scholastic
• Release Date : 2015-09-03
• Genre: Juvenile Fiction
• Pages : 656
• ISBN 10 : 9781407166551

Ben's story takes place in 1977 and is told in words. Rose's story in 1927 is told entirely in pictures. Ever since his mother died, Ben feels lost. At home with her father, Rose feels alone. When Ben finds a mysterious clue hidden in his mother's room, and when a tempting opportunity presents itself to Rose, both children risk everything to find what's missing. Rich, complex, affecting and beautiful, WONDERSTRUCK is a staggering achievement from a uniquely gifted artist.

Baby Monkey Private Eye

• Author : Brian Selznick
• Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
• Release Date : 2018-02-27
• Genre: Juvenile Fiction
• Pages : 197
• ISBN 10 : 9781338257298

Caldecott Medalist Brian Selznick and debut children's book author David Serlin create a dazzling new format especially for young children! A New York Times Bestselling Book An Amazon Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year Parents Magazine Best Early Reader of the Year "A marvel." --The New York Times "Inventive... fabulously expressive..." --San Francisco Chronicle Who is Baby Monkey? He is a baby. He is a monkey. He has a job. He is Baby Monkey, Private Eye! Lost jewels? Missing pizza? Stolen spaceship? Baby Monkey can help... if he can put on his pants! Baby Monkey's adventures come to life in an exciting blend of picture book, beginning reader, and graphic novel. With pithy text and over 120 black and white drawings accented with red, it is ideal for sharing aloud and for emerging readers.

The Houdini Box

• Author : Brian Selznick
• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• Release Date : 2008-10-07
• Genre: Juvenile Fiction
• Pages : 82
• ISBN 10 : 9781416968788

A chance encounter with Harry Houdini leaves a small boy in possession of a mysterious box--one that might hold the secrets to the greatest magic tricks ever performed.

A Giraffe Goes to Paris

• Author : Mary Tavener Holmes
• Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
• Release Date : 2010
• Genre: Juvenile Fiction
• Pages : 40
• ISBN 10 : 0761455957

The true story of Belle the giraffe, a gift from the pasha of Egypt to the king of France in 1827, and her 500-mile walk to Paris as told through the imagined words of her devoted Sudanese caretaker, Atir.

The House in the Night

• Author : Susan Marie Swanson
• Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Release Date : 2008-05-05
• Genre: Juvenile Fiction
• Pages : 40
• ISBN 10 : 9780547528304

A spare, patterned text and glowing pictures explore the origins of light that make a house a home in this bedtime book for young children. Naming nighttime things that are both comforting and intriguing to preschoolers—a key, a bed, the moon—this timeless book illuminates a reassuring order to the universe.

Walt Whitman

• Author : Anonim
• Publisher : Ardent Media
• Release Date : 1955
• Genre: Uncategoriezed
• Pages : 148
• ISBN 10 : 978186723xxxx

Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride

• Author : Pam Munoz Ryan
• Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
• Release Date : 1999
• Genre: Juvenile Fiction
• Pages : 52
• ISBN 10 : 9780590960755

A fictionalized account of the night Amelia Earhart flew Eleanor Roosevelt over Washington, D.C. in an airplane.

Kaleidoscope

• Author : Brian Selznick
• Publisher : Scholastic Incorporated
• Release Date : 2021-01-11
• Genre: Young Adult Fiction
• Pages : 208
• ISBN 10 : 1338777246

A ship. A garden. A library. In Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the story of two people bound to each other through time and space, memory and dreams. At the centre of their relationship is a mystery about the nature of grief and love which will look different to each reader. Kaleidoscopeis a feat of storytelling that illuminates how even the wildest tales can help us in the hardest times. Brian Selznick's first book, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, was the winner of the esteemed Caldecott Medal, the first novel to do so, as the Caldecott Medal is for picture books Released as a live-action film Hugo in 2011, directed by Martin Scorsase and starring Asa Butterfield, Ben Kingsley, Jude Law, Sacha Baron Cohen, Richard Griffiths, Ray Winstone, and Christopher Lee. Brian Selznick's second book, Wonderstruck, was also made into a feature film, starring Julianne Moore and Michelle Williams

Anatomy of Fear

• Author : Jonathan Santlofer
• Publisher : Harper Collins
• Release Date : 2009-10-13
• Genre: Fiction
• Pages : 352
• ISBN 10 : 9780061868306

NYPD sketch artist Nate Rodriguez possesses a remarkable gift. From the smallest clues—an off-hand comment, a brief flash of fear in a victim's eyes—he is able to create an uncanny likeness of the assailant. Now Detective Terri Russo needs his help to solve a particularly shocking series of murders, perpetrated by a psychopath who enjoys drawing pictures of his crimes before committing them. Nate is being asked to enter the dark, twisted mind of a monster—to re-create a face that no one has lived to identify. But as a portrait slowly begins taking shape in Nate's mind and on the page, an electrifying game of cat and mouse reaches an unexpected new level—as a brilliant killer uses his own unique talents to turn the investigation in a terrifying new direction... A breathtakingly original novel of suspense, Jonathan Santlofer's Anatomy of Fear mixes prose and pictures to create a story that burns its way into the brain and brilliantly revitalizes the crime fiction genre.