The Invention of Hugo Cabret | Brian Selznick | Entertaining and Magical...Enter Hugos World!

The Invention of Hugo Cabret | Brian Selznick | Must have!

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The Invention of H...

	The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick Scholastic Press, 2007 - 544 pages average customer review:based on 203 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Entertaining and Magical...Enter Hugos World!

This book can reach readers on many different levels. Movies, Inventions, Mechanical Beings (robots), train stations, orphans... they are all here.
THe illustrations in this book are as essential to the text, and one may compare this to old silent films where on sees the picture, then words come up on the screen.
No surprise that the illustrator and author is related to a major historical film director.

If you are a kid, don't let the number of pages keep you from this book... with so many pages of pictures, it is not much reading. On the other hand, if you are an adult, don't shy away from this because of the pictures....rather, relax and enjoy the magical world and atmosphere, and really look at the incredible detail of the illustrations.

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Must have!

This is a great tool to have to give background and helpful information about the book and the author. The kids I showed the DVD to loved it and it helped them understand the book and not be overwhelmed by it!

Rave review from an 11-year old reader

I have not read this book myself, but gave it as a birthday gift to an 11-year-old. I chose it based on Amazon reviews. His mother reports that he LOVED the book and asked her if it is "okay to read a book twice?"

A Modern Fairy Tale

A surprisingly complex book for children by Brian Selznick, told in pictures and words, about loss, trust, magic, dreams, the history of the cinema and finding one's purpose.
Selznick is both the author and the illustrator of this 20th century fairy tale which explores how people's fates can interlock, like the wheels and cogs of the automaton which Hugo seeks to rebuild.

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So much fun!

This is one of those books that was purchased for my 12 year old daughter that I ended up liking as much as she. The pictures tell the story as well as the words. The cutting back and forth between the two make it fun for children and adults. Besides, it is just a good story.

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