Bibliography
Selznick, Brian. 2007. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET. Scholastic Press. New York, NY. ISBN 0439813786
Plot Summary
A boy named Hugo Cabret is orphaned at a young age and must live in the walls of a train station helping his uncle take care of the clocks as his apprentice. When his uncle leaves also Hugo is stuck stealing trying to feed himself. Hugo finds the automaton his father died trying to fix. Hugo is determined to fix the machine and through a series of events finds out much more about the invention and its creator.
Critical Analysis
This book, the Caldecott winner for this year and Bluebonnet nominee for 2008, is breathtaking. The pictures drawn with simple black lines are exquisitely detailed. Selznick weaves cinematology, narration, concise characterization, and breathtaking illustrations to weave this one of a kind story together. Selznick uses foreshadowing on page 176 when Hugo is reminded of the story his dad told him about the movie in which “he had seen a rocket fly right onto the eye of the man in the moon”. Foreshadowing is also used when we see the heart shaped key is around Isabelle’s neck Hugo asks her about it on page 222 but nothing else is mentioned about it until Hugo takes it off of her to try it on the machine. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET is a superb fiction novel that I think many children are going to enjoy from start to finish.
Review Excerpt(s)
From School Library Journal
“Each character possesses secrets and something of great value to the other. With deft foreshadowing, sensitively wrought characters, and heart-pounding suspense, the author engineers the elements of his complex plot:”From Publishers Weekly
“Here is a true masterpiece—an artful blending of narrative, illustration and cinematic technique, for a story as tantalizing as it is touching.”
Connections
*This book could be used to teach foreshadowing.
*This book can be used to discuss trying the invention of movies and how it changed the world.
*The illustrations could be used to talk about the Caldecott award.
Bowser, Elieen. THE TRANSFORMATION OF CINEMA 1907-1915. ISBN 0684184141
Marcus, Leonard S. A CALDECOTT CELEBRATION: SIX ARTIST AND THEIR PATHS TO THE CALDECOTT MEDAL. ISBN 0802786588
Selznick, Brian. 2007. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET. Scholastic Press. New York, NY. ISBN 0439813786
Plot Summary
A boy named Hugo Cabret is orphaned at a young age and must live in the walls of a train station helping his uncle take care of the clocks as his apprentice. When his uncle leaves also Hugo is stuck stealing trying to feed himself. Hugo finds the automaton his father died trying to fix. Hugo is determined to fix the machine and through a series of events finds out much more about the invention and its creator.
Critical Analysis
This book, the Caldecott winner for this year and Bluebonnet nominee for 2008, is breathtaking. The pictures drawn with simple black lines are exquisitely detailed. Selznick weaves cinematology, narration, concise characterization, and breathtaking illustrations to weave this one of a kind story together. Selznick uses foreshadowing on page 176 when Hugo is reminded of the story his dad told him about the movie in which “he had seen a rocket fly right onto the eye of the man in the moon”. Foreshadowing is also used when we see the heart shaped key is around Isabelle’s neck Hugo asks her about it on page 222 but nothing else is mentioned about it until Hugo takes it off of her to try it on the machine. THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET is a superb fiction novel that I think many children are going to enjoy from start to finish.
Review Excerpt(s)
From School Library Journal
“Each character possesses secrets and something of great value to the other. With deft foreshadowing, sensitively wrought characters, and heart-pounding suspense, the author engineers the elements of his complex plot:”From Publishers Weekly
“Here is a true masterpiece—an artful blending of narrative, illustration and cinematic technique, for a story as tantalizing as it is touching.”
Connections
*This book could be used to teach foreshadowing.
*This book can be used to discuss trying the invention of movies and how it changed the world.
*The illustrations could be used to talk about the Caldecott award.
Bowser, Elieen. THE TRANSFORMATION OF CINEMA 1907-1915. ISBN 0684184141
Marcus, Leonard S. A CALDECOTT CELEBRATION: SIX ARTIST AND THEIR PATHS TO THE CALDECOTT MEDAL. ISBN 0802786588
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