It is quite unlike anything which I have ever read before, and the mixture of narrative types and techniques works beautifully. The style of the book is so very interesting: “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”. Just like the film, it is a thing of beauty – lavishly illustrated in black and white, with attention to detail present on every single page. I am so pleased that I have a copy of The Invention of Hugo Cabret to sit in pride of place upon my bookshelf. The film also won five Academy Awards in 2012. The book was the first novel to win the Caldecott Medal in 2008, the award usually applying only to picture books.

I live in Brooklyn, New York, and San Diego, California.‘The Invention of Hugo Cabret’ by Brian Selznick (Scholastic) I have also written a few other books myself, including The Boy of a Thousand Faces, but The Invention of Hugo Cabret is by far the longest and most involved book I’ve ever worked on.

Since then, I have illustrated many books for children, including Frindle by Andrew Clements, The Doll People by Ann Martin and Laura Godwin, Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Muñoz Ryan and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, which received a 2001 Caldecott Honor. My first book, The Houdini Box, which I both wrote and illustrated, was published in 1991 while I was still working at the bookstore. While I was at Eeyore’s I also painted the windows for holidays and book events. I learned all about children’s books from my boss Steve Geck who is now an editor of children’s books at Greenwillow. I studied at The Rhode Island School of Design and after I graduated from college I worked at Eeyore’s Books for Children in New York City. I have a sister who is a teacher, a brother who is a brain surgeon, and five nephews and one niece. My name is Brian Selznick and I’m the author and illustrator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

Since then, I have illustrated many Hello there.

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