The Invention of Hugo Cabret

This is Spencer's favorite book. He has checked it out from his school library about four times (or more). The first time he brought it home ( two years ago) we read it together. I was glued to it as much as he was. The story is original and touching. The illustrations are sketched flawlessly, with much detail. You really feel like you are in the book with the illustrations that are provided. The book takes place in 1931 on the streets of Paris, and mostly in a train station. As I was posting this information I found out that Hugo Cabret the movie will be coming out soon! This book is good for ages 6 and up. The website is really amazing, if you go to it you will find this information about the book:

ORPHAN, CLOCK KEEPER, AND THIEF, twelve-year-old Hugo lives in the walls of a busy Paris train station, where his survival depends on secrets and anonymity. But when his world suddenly interlocks with an eccentric girl and the owner of a small toy booth in the train station, Hugo’s undercover life, and his most precious secret, are put in jeopardy. A cryptic drawing, a treasured notebook, a stolen key, a mechanical man, and a hidden message all come together...in The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

This 526-page book is told in both words and pictures. The Invention of Hugo Cabret is not exactly a novel, and it’s not quite a picture book, and it’s not really a graphic novel, or a flip book, or a movie, but a combination of all these things. Each picture (there are nearly three hundred pages of pictures!) takes up an entire double page spread, and the story moves forward because you turn the pages to see the next moment unfold in front of you.

*The Invention of Hugo Cabret has been awarded the 2008 Caldecott medal

 

http://www.theinventionofhugocabret.com/