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The chronicles of Harris Burdick : 14 amazing authors tell the tales
Title
The chronicles of Harris Burdick : 14 amazing authors tell the tales / [illustrations by] Chris Van Allsburg ; with an introduction by Lemony Snicket.
ISBN
9780547548104
Edition
Advance reading copy.
Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 2011.
Physical Description
viii, 221 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Local Notes
BEIN 2018 4019: Paperbound. Advanced copy; Proof; Review copy; From the library of Leonard S. Marcus.
Notes
Number line: "TWP 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" on title page verso indicates 1st printing.
"Uncorrected proof"--back cover.
Summary
A collection of stories based on illustrations in Chris Van Allsburg's The Mysteries of Harris Burdick.
Variant and related titles
Chronicles of Harris Burdick : fourteen amazing authors tell the tales
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 28, 2020
Contents
Introduction / by 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 Myers
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.
Subjects (Local Yale)
Genre/Form
Children's stories, American.
Short stories.
Short stories.
Juvenile literature.
Advance copies (Printing)
Proofs (Printing)
Review copies (Printing)
Also listed under
Leonard S. Marcus Collection of Children's Literature (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
United States Massachusetts Boston.
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