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The Chronicles of Harris Burdick
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This book is based on The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg.

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick (2011) (edit title/settings)

Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales

by Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator) (edit contributors)

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One Pulitzer Prize, five Newbery Medals, three Newbery Honors, two Caldecott Medals, one Caldecott Honor, three National Book Awards, seven National Book Award nominations, and five Coretta Scott King Awards. This is only a partial list of all accolades earn by the contributors of this book.... read more

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A collection of stories to accompany the brilliant illustrations of Harris Burdick

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  • “Gilbert hated time. What a tyrant it was! The hours that crawled by when his father was at sea, the seconds that whipped past when he was playing a brilliant game in the garden with the Limburgher children.”
  • “I am," she said, resolutely. "I am interested." "Yes, I hear it in your voice, child. I hear it clearly. But let me tell you—warn you, even—that there are books like frigates, that carry the mind gloriously across oceans of ideas," he said. "And then there are books—a few books, I would say—that capture more of the mind than one would want to surrender, books that are better off never read, never opened.”
    Carol and Mr. Linden, Walter Dean Myers ~ Mr. Linden's Library
  • “That doesn't make sense!" Carol said. "Sense? No, I suppose it doesn't," Mr. Linden said. "But it doesn't make sense to reach my age and discover that everything doesn't make sense, either."”
    Carol and Mr. Linden, Walter Dean Myers ~ Mr. Linden's Library

First Sentence edit see section history

Is there any author more mysterious than Harris Burdick?

Table of Contents edit see section history

Introduction -- Lemony Snicket
Archie Smith, Boy Wonder -- Tabitha King
Under the Rug -- Jon Scieszka
A Strange Day in July -- Sherman Alexie
Missing in Venice -- Gregory Maguire
Another Place, Another Time -- Cory Doctorow
Uninvited Guests -- Jules Feiffer
The Harp -- Linda Sue Park
Mr. Linden's Library -- Walter Dean Meyers
The Seven Chairs -- Lois Lowry
The Third-Floor Bedroom - Kate DiCamillo
Just Desert -- M.T. Anderson
Captain Tory -- Louis Sachar
Oscar and Alphonse -- Chris Van Allsburg
The House on Maple Street -- Stephen King
Original Introduction to The Mysteries of Harris Burdick -- Chris Van Allsburg
About the Authors

Series & Lists edit see section history

This book is in Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2011. (authoritative list)
This is book 5 of 10 in Amazon.com Best Books of November (2011). (authoritative list)

Preceded by The Angel Esmeralda, and followed by Then Again.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Chris Van Allsburg (Illustrator)

Other Contributors:

  1. Lemony Snicket (Introduction)
  2. Tabitha King (Contributor) - "Archie Smith, Boy Wonder"
  3. Jon Scieszka (Contributor) - "Under the Rug"
  4. Sherman Alexie (Contributor) - "A Strange Day in July"
  5. Gregory Maguire (Contributor) - "Missing in Venice"
  6. Cory Doctorow (Contributor) - "Another Place, Another Time"
  7. Jules Feiffer (Contributor) - "Uninvited Guests"
  8. Linda Sue Park (Contributor) - "The Harp"
  9. Walter Dean Myers (Contributor) - "Mr. Linden's Library"
  10. Lois Lowry (Contributor) - "The Seven Chairs"
  11. Kate DiCamillo (Contributor) - "The Third-Floor Bedroom"
  12. M. T. Anderson (Contributor) - "Just Desert"
  13. Louis Sachar (Contributor) - "Captain Tory"
  14. Chris Van Allsburg (Contributor) - "Oscar and Alphonse"
  15. Stephen King (Contributor) - "The House on Maple Street" -- originally published in Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
  16. Chris Van Allsburg (Introduction) - Original introduction to The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: U.S.A.
Publication Date: October 25, 2011
ISBN: 978-0-547-54810-4
Page Count: 195

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