Especiales de a la Orilla del Viento: Los Misterios del Senor Burdick (Hardcover)

from mamzel

According to the introduction by the totally trustworthy Lemony Snickett, the fourteen drawings, titles, and captions in this book were created by Harris Burdick who brought them to a man named Peter Wenders promising to return with the stories. He never did. Mr. Wenders enlisted fourteen childre...

from yourotherleft

In The Chronicles of Harris Burdick, a collection of authors take on the pictures and captions from Van Allsburg's The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, and write their own stories for each. Obviously, the most fun is in kids creating their own stories, but this collection is a fun way for authors to ...

from sassafras

I had a hard time getting into this book to start with,but toward the middle the stories started picking up. My favorites were "A Strange Day in July" by Sherman Alexie, "The Harp" by Linda Sue Park, "The Seven Chairs" by Lois Lowry, "Captain Tory" by Louis Sachar, and "The House on Maple Street"...

from Stahl-Ricco

Very cool book! 14 beautiful illustrations, and the 14 short stories inspired by them, though I'm not sure if the Stephen King one was or was not. My favorites of this collection were, "Under the Rug", "A Strange Day in July", and "Just Desert" (especially it's wonderful ending!). In addition, yo...

from akmargie

I gave an average rating because like most short story collections I liked some stories more than others. They all had a dark and slightly sinister thread running through, some more heavy than others. Also being based on the illustrations they are, there was a heavy supernatural and fantasy motif...