Allsburg, Chris Van. The
Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales / With an
Introduction by Lemony Snicket. 1st ed. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Trade,
2011.
Amazon Editor's pick for notable books of 2011
“Thirty years ago a man called at Peter Wenders’s office, introducing himself as Harris Burdick. Mr. Burdick explained that he had fourteen stories and had drawn many pictures for each one. He’d brought with him just one drawing from each story, to see if Wenders liked his work........ The artist agreed to bring the stories the next morning. He left the fourteen drawings with Wenders But he did not return the next day. Or the day after that. Harris Burdick was never heard from again……”
This novel is a collection of short stories that draw on the drawings in "The Mysteries of Harris Burdick." Stephen King, Jon Scieszka, Gregory Maguire and Lois Lowry are just a few of the literary powerhouses that collaborated on this collection. These masters of the short story add their own creative spin on the eerie, elaborate drawings. This book is essential reading for anyone who loved "The Mysteries of Harris Burdick." I highly recommend it for teen and pre teen audiences. Arthur S. age fifteen said "This book is better than Inception meets Dark City."
Amazon Editor's pick for notable books of 2011
“Thirty years ago a man called at Peter Wenders’s office, introducing himself as Harris Burdick. Mr. Burdick explained that he had fourteen stories and had drawn many pictures for each one. He’d brought with him just one drawing from each story, to see if Wenders liked his work........ The artist agreed to bring the stories the next morning. He left the fourteen drawings with Wenders But he did not return the next day. Or the day after that. Harris Burdick was never heard from again……”
This novel is a collection of short stories that draw on the drawings in "The Mysteries of Harris Burdick." Stephen King, Jon Scieszka, Gregory Maguire and Lois Lowry are just a few of the literary powerhouses that collaborated on this collection. These masters of the short story add their own creative spin on the eerie, elaborate drawings. This book is essential reading for anyone who loved "The Mysteries of Harris Burdick." I highly recommend it for teen and pre teen audiences. Arthur S. age fifteen said "This book is better than Inception meets Dark City."
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