The Invention of Hugo Cabret is about a young boy who lives by himself in a Paris train station around 1920. Suess) but it’s great when it does happen. It doesn’t happen often (an example is my favorite Dr. No arguments about what is the vision for the book. I love when the author and illustrator are the same because then you just know it all works together. It’s a beautiful, visual book.īrian Selznick is both the author and illustrator. But open up the book, and you’ll find it’s half text, half illustration. Then I came across the book in the library and was intrigued: it’s a hefty hardback with a spine about three inches across, yet it’s the recipient of a Caldecott award (the award for best picture books). I hadn’t heard of this book until the movie came out and got so much Oscar-attention.
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