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The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
Chris Van Allsburg
#UE7772
Hardcover, 195 pages; 2011
$24.99
The story of Harris Burdick is a story everybody knows, though there is hardly anything to be known about him. More than twenty-five years ago, a man named Peter Wenders was visited by a stranger who introduced himself as Harris Burdick and who left behind fourteen fascinating drawings with equally if not more fascinating captions, promising to return the next day with more illustrations and the stories to match. Mr. Wenders never saw him again, and for years readers have pored breathlessly over Mr. Burdick's oeuvre. --from the introduction by Lemony Snicket
Whether or not you're among those who've "pored breathlessly" over the images and captions first published by Chris Van Allsburg (who purportedly got them from Mr. Wenders) in 1984, you'll be enchanted by The Chronicles of Harris Burdick. Fourteen esteemed authors-- including Gregory Maguire, Jules Feiffer, Lois Lowry, Kate DiCamillo, and Stephen King--fill in for the mysterious Mr. Burdick, completing the stories of which he only left intriguing hints. Magical, spooky, amusing, and poignant, these short tales are sure to touch hearts and tingle spines! For ages 10 and up.
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