I love this book! Just going to come right out and say it from the get-go. This book was so amazing in so many different ways I don't even know where to start! I first heard about this book from none other than my best friend! (Seriously, she knows exactly what I like to read so all the books she re...
I'm including this in graphic novels because that is probably the best description for this rather unique book. After all it's a novel consisting of many beautiful graphics and some written pages.While The Invention of Hugo Cabret is aimed mainly at a younger audience of children it appears to be th...
Loved the film. The audiobook brought back all the memories and feelings from that. Made me feel a little verklempt. I don't know if I would have loved the book as much had I read it before seeing the film. I am going to pick up the paper version for my kids for sure, and look forward to listening t...
I went to see the Scorsese movie "Hugo" and was enchanted though not *quite* as in love as my movie geek brother - I did, however, fall totally in love with this book. The combination of simple but effective storytelling and beautiful pencil drawings (many of which Scorsese used frame by frame in th...
This book was the perfect combination of illustration and story telling. I loved how the illustrations directly impacted the narrative, it forces the reader to not only pay attention and read the text but the beautiful drawings as well. The reason I only gave it four stars instead of five is because...
It's a rare day when my middle grader boys beg for a book, but beg they did to spend some Christmas money on Brian Selznick's The Invention of Hugo Cabret. I was dubious, as the book is so thick it makes the later Harry Potter books look slim in comparison, but buy it they did, and everyone able to ...
Here's a story about a boy who loves to tinker with machines. He meets a girl and her grandfather while working the clocks at the train station. An old machine that once belonged to Hugo's father unlocks the key to a glorious past...or the discovery of Hugo's thievery.I thought that since this appea...
This was a cool book. I was pulled in right from the beginning. Many of the illustrations had so much detail I hated to move on with the story.I loved the setting. It reminded me of the worlds I created as a kid, where I could escape behind the walls of rooms to find myself in another place. I don't...
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