Brian Selznick is such a talented artist that he recently illustrated the covers of the 20th anniversary editions of Harry Potter. This story is brilliant in that it is two stories in one: one story told through illustrations and the other through words. The stories meet by the end of the book. Like Harry Potter this is a book that kids and adults enjoy.
The other great thing about this book is that one of Selznick's inspirations for the story was The Mixed Up Files of Mrs Basil E Frankweiler. Some of the story takes place in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and there are few Frankweiler references for fans of that book (like us).
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