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BOOKS
Big Tree
Kaleidoscope
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Wonderstruck
The Marvels
Baby Monkey, Private Eye
Live Oak, With Moss
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Run Away With Me
(Scholastic) 2025
Big Tree
(Scholastic) 2023
Kaleidoscope
(Scholastic) 2021
The Invention of
Hugo Cabret
(Scholastic) 2007
Wonderstruck
(Scholastic) 2011
The Marvels
(Scholastic) 2015
FOR ADULTS
Live Oak,
With Moss
(Harry N. Abrams) 2019
Baby Monkey,
Private Eye
(Scholastic) 2018
The Wonderstruck Movie Scrapbook
(Scholastic) 2017
Written by Brian Selznick
A behind the scenes glimpse at the making of the movie
Wonderstruck
, directed by Todd Haynes.
The Hugo Movie Companion
(Scholastic) 2011
Written by Brian Selznick
Interviews with almost everyone involved in the making of Martin Scorsese's film
Hugo
, from Scorsese to the dog trainer. A look at how artists collaborate to make a movie.
The Runaway Dolls
(Hyperion) 2008
Written by Ann M. Martin and Laura Godwin
The third book in the Doll People trilogy.
Lunch Money
(Simon & Schuster) 2007
Written by Andrew Clements
A kid makes money by making and selling his own comic books!
Marly’s Ghost
(Penguin) 2005
Written by David Levithan
A haunting retelling of a
Christmas Carol
, but with high school students and Valentine's Day,
The Dulcimer Boy
(HarperCollins) 2004
Written by Tor Seidler
A beautiful story about siblings, music and love.
Walt Whitman:Words for America
(Scholastic) 2004
Written by Barbara Kerley
A picture book biography of America's great poet, Walt Whitman.
The Doll People
(Hyperion) 2003
Written by Ann M. Martin & Laura Godwin
Two families of dolls, from different eras, become friends.
The Meanest Doll in the World
(Hyperion) 2003
Written by Ann M. Martin & Laura Godwin
Book two in the Doll People trilogy.
When Marian Sang
(Scholastic) 2002
Written by Pam Muñoz Ryan
A picture book biography of the celebrated African-American opera singer Marian Anderson
Wingwalker
(Hyperion) 2002
Written by Rosemary Wells
How will Reuben's family survive the great Depression in America?
The Boy of a Thousand Faces
(HarperCollins) 2001
Written by Brian Selznick
What happens when a student starts her own newspaper in school?
The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins
(Scholastic) 2001
Written by Barbara Kerley
In the 19th century, no one knew what a dinosaur was. Waterhouse Hawkins was the first artist to build life size sculptures of these amazing creatures. But when he came to New York, not everyone was ready to learn about dinosaurs!
The School Story
(Simon & Schuster) 2001
Written by Andrew Clements
Two girls try to get a book published!
Barnyard Prayers
(Hyperion) 2000
Written by Laura Godwin
Good night stuffed animals, everywhere!
Amelia and Eleanor
Go For a Ride
(Scholastic) 1999
The true story of a night in 1936 when Amelia Earhart took her friend Eleanor Roosevelt for a night flight over Washington DC.
The Landry News
(Simon & Schuster) 1999
Written by Andrew Clements
What happens when a student starts her own newspaper in school?
Riding Freedom
(Scholastic) 1999
Written by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Charlotte Parkhurst defies 19th century expectations for girls by living her life as a boy. Based on a true story!
The Boy Who Longed For a Lift
(HarperCollins) 1997
Written by Norma Farber
What happens to an only child when a new baby comes along unexpectedly?
Frindle
(Simon & Schuster) 1996
Written by Andrew Clements
Mrs. Granger loves the dictionary, so X invents a new word and gets everyone to use it, to drive her crazy.
What will she do to stop him?
Our House
(Scholastic) 1995
Written by Pam Conrad
Five decades in the life of a house in Levittown Long Island.
The Robot King
(HarperCollins) 1995
Written by Brian Selznick
Two children build a robot that comes to life.
Doll Face Has a Party
(HarperCollins) 1994
Written by Pam Conrad
Will Doll Face find Music and Sweetcake for her party?
You bet she will!
The Houdini Box
(Simon and Schuster) 2001
(orig. by Knopf, 1991)
Written by Brian Selznick
Victor is obsessed with the magician Houdini, who can escape from anything. He meets Houdini in a train station and is invited to Houdini's House. What happens there will change Victor's life forever.