Book 13

[deana_in_texas]

The Invention of Hugo Cabret - Brian Selznick
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Rating:4.5
Genre: Children's Fiction

Comments

[wendelah1]

This sounds wonderful. Nice to see you posting again.

[deana_in_texas]

Thanks, it really was a wonderful book :)

I haven't been around much because I've been working like crazy on stuff for school (I'm a PhD student) so I haven't really had time to read much... I'm hoping things will slow down for a while now, though, so I should be able to read more!

[alaska_kj]

Oh my goodness! I so very thoroughly enjoyed this book! I read it a few month ago, and it's a very quick read, like you said, b/c of the pictures. I love how the pictures help to tell the story so words aren't always needed. It is a truly amazing book - I've heard many librarians say that if ever a book was to win the Caldecott and Newbery, this one would have - but sadly it only got the Caldecott. I thought the end of the book was quite surprising and had no inkling that that was how it was going to end - a spectacular read!
Thanks for posting on this Deana!

[deana_in_texas]

You're welcome :) It's the first children's book I've been able to read in a while, so I wanted to get it in this community! Glad to hear you agreed with my analysis.