The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Other)

from labfs39

I love well-written books about spunky, intelligent kids who have interesting, reflective lives, and that's part of the reason I loved this book. The other reason is that Brian Selznick creates something unique and beautiful in this Caldecott Medal winner. Not a graphic novel in the typical sense...

from megan_henley

Hugo Cabret is a 12 year old boy living in a clock tower. His father died and left him to live with his uncle who one day disappeared. Hugo was left to keep the clocks running, so the station inspector would not become suspicious and he would not be sent away to an orphanage. He gets caught steal...

from PghDragonMan

I can think of only one word to sum up Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret: unique. It is hard to say which fascinated me more, the wonderful black and white sketches or the written story. The illustrations, seemingly simple pencil on paper drawings, show an amazing amount of detail whe...

from Berly

The Invention of Hugo Cabret is AMAZING!! I totally loved the story, told through intermixed words and pictures. Not just a picture here and there, but long stretches, pages of images, conveying a chase scene or zooming in on an important detail. The book flowed effortlessly between the two mediu...

from PhoenixTerran

The Invention of Hugo Cabret tended to catch my attention whenever I saw it on the shelf, but it wasn't until now that I actually picked it up to read. It's not often a tome of such size is published for younger readers. The book clocks in at well over five hundred pages, but nearly three hundred...