Brian+Selznick

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Caroline,Nora and Eleni http://www.theinventionofhugocabret.com/about_brian_bio.htm -He was born on July 14, 1966 in East Brunswick, New Jersey -He is an Author/illustrator of children's books such as,"The Invention Of Hugo Cabret", " The Boy of a Thousand Faces," " The Houdini Box", and he illustrated Frindle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Selznick -His first book was The Houdini Box -He won the Caldacott Medal for The Invention Of Hugo Cabret http://www.adlit.org/authors/Selznick -From the time Brian Selznick was a young boy, it was clear that he had a gift for drawing. -On Brain Selznick's kindergarden report card the teacher said he was a good drawer. -At school Brian's classmates liked to gather around to see what he was sketching. http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=185 -//The Invention of Hugo Cabret// won a 2007 Quill Award, was a National Book award finalist, and won the 2008 Caldecott Medal. -Brian got his idea for "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" from a movie called "A trip to the moon" -He worked on Hugo Cabret for about 2 and 1/2 years. -He thought about making hugo cabret for about 20 years. -He wanted to be an artist for his whole life. -When he was little his grandmother had a maid that would give him tin foil and he would make sulcpures out of it. - He is thinking about making another book in the style of Hugo Cabret. - When he was little his favorite book was "Fortunately".
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