The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words and pictures / by Brian Selznick.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780439813785
- ISBN: 0439813786 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 533 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, c2007.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Art techniques used: Black and white pencil drawings that are photographic and cinematic in style. Some sequences opperate like a flick book becoming animated like a movie. |
Summary, etc.: | When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized. |
Awards Note: | Caldecott Medal, 2008. |
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Available copies
- 86 of 92 copies available at Bibliomation.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kent Memorial Library - Suffield. (Show preferred library)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 92 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Kent Memorial Library - Suffield | J FICTION SELZNICK (Text) | 32518111672237 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Babcock Library - Ashford | J Sel CALDECOTT (Text) | 33110144151246 | Caldecott Award Winner | Available | - |
Beacon Falls Public Library | J Fic Sel (Text) | 33120000329497 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted | J SELZNIC (Text) | 33750000083725 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Beekley Community Library - New Hartford | jF SELZNICK, B. (Text) | 32544073099300 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | J FIC Sel (Text)
Note: Caldecott Award Winner 2008
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33160104010148 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Bethel Public Library | J SELZNICK (Text) | 34030148516989 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | JF SEL (Text) | 33260000429960 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Brookfield Library | J F/SELZNICK (Text) | 34029111413596 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Burnham Library - Bridgewater | J FIC SELZNICK (Text) | 36937000468216 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
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Author Notes
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
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. (Bowker Author Biography)