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Title:
The mysteries of Harris Burdick
Personal Author EPSB:
Summary:
Presents a series of loosely related drawings each accompanied by a title and a caption which the reader may use to make up his or her own story.
Year Published:
1984
Physical Description:
31 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Note (Local):
Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote; both were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator he was 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012.
Program Information:
Reading Counts RC 3-5 3.5 2.0 8151.

53587. Accelerated Reader AR MG 2.2 0.5.

Accelerated Reader Grades K-4 2.2 0.5 Quiz 53587 English fiction.
Awards:
Boston Globe/Horn Book Picture Book Honor, 1985.
ISBN:
9780395353936

9780758732316

9780329044527

9780395827840
Publisher:
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [1984].

©1984