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Brian Selznick Author and IIlustrator

Brian Selznick Author and IIlustrator. Brian Selznick started out as a bookseller and window dresser at Eeyore’s Books in Manhattan, but knew very little about children’s literature. The Houdini Box.

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Brian Selznick Author and IIlustrator

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  1. Brian Selznick Author and IIlustrator Brian Selznick started out as a bookseller and window dresser at Eeyore’s Books in Manhattan, but knew very little about children’s literature.

  2. The Houdini Box This is his first book, and one of his most favorite to write and illustrate. His research for this book took him to a cemetery in Queens, New York, where Harry Houdini is buried.

  3. Brian has collaborated with such authors as Pam Muñoz Ryan, Andrew Clements, Barbara Kerley, Ann M. Martin and Pam Conrad. Pam Conrad Pam Muñoz Ryan Ann M. Martin Barbara Kerley Andrew Clements

  4. While doing research for the book, The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins, Brian visited the site in London where the Hawkins dinosaurs were first made.

  5. Two of Brian Selznick’s picture books for older children, When Marian Sang and Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride teach us about three very famous women in history, Marian Anderson, Amelia Earhart and Eleanor Roosevelt.

  6. Doll Face Has A Party by Pam Conrad, a Rockville Centre author, who has since passed away, illustrates Selznick’s amazing collaborative talents. Selznick made a model of Doll Face and posed her for the illustrations in the book. He still keeps her in his art studio.

  7. Go to the library and check out the books by the multi-talented author/illustrator Brian Selznick. ENJOY!!

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