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The Invention of Hugo Cabret

The Invention of Hugo Cabret( )
Author: Selznick, Brian
Illustrator: Selznick, Brian
ISBN:978-1-4071-0348-8
Publication Date:Jan 2007
Publisher:Scholastic, Incorporated
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $15.98
Book Description:

An orphan and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy train station.He desperately believes a broken automaton will make his dreamscome true. But when his world collides with an eccentric girland a bitter old man, Hugo's undercover life are put in jeopardy.Turn the pages, follow the illustrations and enter an unforgettablenew world!

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Selznick, Brian (Author)
Brian Selznick is a Caldecott-winning author and illustrator of children's books born July 14, 1966 in East Brunswick Township, New Jersey. He graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and then worked for three years at Eeyore's Books for Children in Manhattan while working on his first book, The Houdini Box. Selznick received the 2008 Caldecott Medal for The Invention of Hugo Cabret. He also won the Caldecott Honor for The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins in 2002. Additional awards include the Texas Bluebonnet Award, the Rhode Island Children's Book Award, and the Christopher Award. The Invention of Hugo Cabret will be made into a film by director Martin Scorsese to be released in 2011. Other titles by illustrated by Selznick include: Frindle, The Landry News, Lunch Money, Wingwalker, and Baby Monkey, Private Eye.

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