by Jules Feiffer, Lois Lowry, Gregory Maguire, Sherman Alexie, M.T. Anderson, Louis Sachar, Kate DiCamillo, Walter Dean Myers, Tabitha King, Chris Van Allsburg, Cory Doctorow, Jon Scieszka, Lemony Snicket, Linda Sue Park, Stephen King
3.5. Some of the stories are better/more memorable than others, but overall this is a nice collection of short stories by some great authors.
I’ve always enjoyed Van Allsburg’s picture books. They have some amazing artwork. The stories are a bit quirky but enjoyable. I knew I needed to read this book as soon as I heard about it. The Mysteries of Harris Burdick has some really interesting art, title, and captions. It would be pretty awesom...
3.5
This book of anthologies was a good read. I enjoyed most of the stories in it. Some were better than others but as a whole, it was great. The writing in some stories was a bit juvenile, but I felt with the others being as wonderful as they were, it makes up for the lack of quality in some of the sho...
Mixed. The creative challenge for readers of the original is to imagine a story that is attentive to all the detail of illustrations and uses the caption to describe what is happening, and I think some of the stories fall short. For example, I think it's important that the illustration for "Captain ...
I would be skeptical of this concept (possibly taking away people's own interpretations of the illustrations and putting something less personal in their place) were it not for the lineup of authors. And they don't disappoint. Well, some of them are a little thinly constructed.Chris Van Allsburg is ...
Like all story collections, a mixed bag. I might have given this a higher rating, but I was a little disappointed that some of the stories didn't seem to match the pictures. In fact, I'm a little disappointed that this anthology actually happened, as the enjoyment in The Mysteries of Harris Burdick ...
Odd and delightful.
Like all story collections, some pieces are fabulous and others instantly forgettable. What is particularly interesting is to see how these well-known authors interpret an image and single line. This collection will hopefully continue to prompt readers to create their own interpretations.
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