Brian Selznick
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
533 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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Description
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.
2) Kaleidoscope
Author
Formats
Description
A ship. A garden. A library. A key. In Kaleidoscope, the incomparable Brian Selznick presents the story of two people bound to each other through time and space, memory and dreams. At the center of their relationship is a mystery about the nature of grief and love which will look different to each reader. Kaleidoscope is a feat of storytelling that illuminates how even the wildest tales can help us in the hardest times.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
637, [639] p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
Having lost his mother and his hearing in a short time, twelve-year-old Ben leaves his Minnesota home in 1977 to seek the father he never knew in New York City, and meets there Rose, who is also longing for something missing from her life. Ben's story is told in words; Rose's in pictures.
5) Big tree
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Description
Sycamore seed siblings Merwin and Louise must use their wits and imaginations to navigate a mysterious and often dangerous world, filled with talking plants, monsters, meteors, and the fear of never finding the right conditions to set down roots and become big trees.
6) The Marvels
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
665 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Description
In 1766, a boy, Billy Marvel, is shipwrecked, rescued, and goes on to found a brilliant family of actors that flourishes in London until 1900--and nearly a century later, Joseph Jervis, runs away from home, seeking refuge with his uncle in London, and is captivated by the Marvel house, with its portraits and ghostly presences.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
255 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Description
"Brian Selznick takes readers on an intimate tour of the movie-making process as his Caldecott Award-winning book The Invention of Hugo Cabret is turned into a 3-D major motion picture by Academy Award-winning director, Martin Scorsese, written by Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, John Logan."--Amazon.com.
Author
Formats
Description
Orphan, clock keeper, and thief, Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric, bookish girl and a bitter old man who runs a toy booth in the station, Hugo's undercover life and his most precious secret are put in jeopardy.
Author
Publisher
Ediciones SM
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
533 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
Huérfano, relojero y ladrón, el muchacho Hugo vive entre los muros de una estación parisina de ferrocarriles. Si quiere sobrevivir, nadie debe saber de su existencia. Sin embargo, un día tiene un descuido y es descubierto por una excéntrica chica, amante de los libros, y por un viejo y amargado juguetero. Y ya nada será como antes.
When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station...
11) Riding freedom
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Formats
Description
A fictionalized account of Charley (Charlotte) Parkhurst who ran away from an orphanage, posed as a boy, moved to California, and fooled everyone by her appearance.
12) Frindle
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Formats
Description
When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
13) Lunch money
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
222 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Description
Twelve-year-old Greg, who has always been good at moneymaking projects, is surprised to find himself teaming up with his lifelong rival, Maura, to create a series of comic books to sell at school.
14) The doll people
Author
Series
Doll people volume 1
Description
A family of porcelain dolls that has lived in the same house for one hundred years is taken aback when a new family of plastic dolls arrives and doesn't follow The Doll Code of Honor.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Description
The true story of Victorian artist Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, who built life-sized models of dinosaurs in the hope of educating the world about these awe-inspiring ancient animals and what they were like.
17) Frindel
Author
Series
Publisher
Editorial Everest
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
95 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Description
When he decides to turn his fifth grade teacher's love of the dictionary around on her, clever Nick Allen invents a new word and begins a chain of events that quickly moves beyond his control.
18) The Landry News
Author
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
138 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Description
A fifth-grader starts a newspaper with an editorial that prompts her burnt-out classroom teacher to really begin teaching again, but he is later threatened with disciplinary action as a result.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 x 32 cm.
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Description
An introduction to the life of Marian Anderson, extraordinary singer and civil rights activist, who was the first African American to perform at the Metropolitan Opera and whose life and career encouraged social change.
Author
Series
Doll people volume 2
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
c2003
Physical Desc
260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Description
Annabelle and Tiffany, dolls who are best friends living in the Palmer house, have an adventure when they hide in Kate Palmer's backpack, are carried to school, mistakenly go to another house, and try to stop Princess Mimi, a doll who threatens all dollkind.