Though this robot is different from others for it can write, all that the automaton requires is one special key.
With his father dead and his uncle gone missing, Hugo decides to focus his life in concentrating an automaton. From this encounter, the secret and anonymous life that Hugo leads together with his most treasured secret is all put at risk of being exposed. This routine runs on well until one day his world crosses paths with an odd, bookish girl and a bitter old man who operates a toy booth inside the station. Inside those walls, his existence relies on secrets and as well as his anonymity. He is an orphan, a clock keeper and also a thief. Hugo has his life inside the walls of a busy train station in Paris. The Invention of Hugo Cabret was adapted into a 2010 historical adventure movie by the name Hugo featuring famous movie stars Emily Mortimer, Ben Kingsley, Assa Butterfield, Jude Law, Ray Winstone, Sacha Baron and Christopher Lee.
Other awards won by Selznick include The Texas Bluebonnet Award, the Christopher Award, and the Rhode Island Children’s Book award. In 2008 the author was awarded the Caldecott Medal from the American Library Association for the best-illustrated picture book of the year, naming his book The of Invention of Hugo Cabret. He studied and graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design and after that worked in Manhattan at the Eeyore’s Books for children where he served for three years alongside writing his first book, The Houdini Box a picture book.īrian Selznick is a man of many awards. Selznick is married to David Serlin and lives in New York, Brooklyn and San Diego, California. Born on 14th July 1966 Selznick was raised in the East Brunswick Township, New Jersey. Unlike many people, that did not discourage him, and instead of letting go of his hobby, he is now a Caldecott-winning author best known for illustrating children’s books. As a child, Brian Selznick always got into trouble for drawing monsters. Brian Selznick is American author of Arts & Photography and Children’s books.
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