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The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

Author: Chris Van Allsburg
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Juvenile Books
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

12 reviews
Sales Rank: 116657

Media: Hardcover
Edition: Library Binding
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 0.7 x 0.6 x 0.5

ISBN: 0395353939
UPC: 046442353939
EAN: 9780395353936
ASIN: 0395353939

Publication Date: September 24, 1984
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Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Brilliant Resource For Teachers! December 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Came across this book a while ago and have been after a copy for a while. This particular item is the portfolio edition, in other words roughly A3 sized pictures on cardboard with a mysterious caption for each one underneath.

The drawings are superb and each caption makes you ask all sorts of questions, sparking off a million thoughts in your imagination as to what the story could be. A truly fantastic resource for teachers as a writing stimulus for children in KS2, and the good thing about these is that you can trim half a centimetre of each side and laminate them in A3 pouches to keep them looking really excellent. I've used them several times already and the children love them and find them really helpful in giving them ideas of what to write about.

This is so excellent I'm even contemplating buying a second set and getting each one framed!

5 out of 5 stars

Interesting July 25, 2007
It's hard to say you have `read' this book because it's a collection of images that create a story in your mind. I guess u could call it a book but a book for the imagination. A book you could `read' for hours on end, letting your mind drift into stories.

4 out of 5 stars

great inspiration. November 26, 2000
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

the pictures in this book have given me the inspiration for sixteen different short stories that i have written. the introduction tells of the strange way in which the author came to be in possesion of the brilliant drawings and they simply make your imagination wander.

5 out of 5 stars

you'll want to read it & look at it over and over!! February 2, 1999
6 out of 7 found this review helpful

My seventh grade language arts teacher has used this book as an important tool in our writing skills and encourages us to write about a paragraph for each caption one a day. I think this book is extremely interesting and you could spend hours just thinking of stories to write about or tell to others. I think this book would be great for little kids;it would keep them busy for a long time. It's good for adults, too.

5 out of 5 stars

Remembered fondly from childhood January 7, 1999
12 out of 13 found this review helpful

I am 21 years old and could not be more excited to find this book again! My uncle read to me and my cousins all the time when we were children. This book along with The Polar Express, The Wreck of the Zephyr, and Jumanji became one of our favorites! I had no idea until now that they were all the same author. The Mysteries of Harris Burdick was especially fascinating. Because only pictures with captions are provided we gazed at this book for hours, imagining all the possibilities. I strongly urge parents to buy this book and others by Van Allsburg. I feel that they all encourage reading, and this book in particular encourages the imagination. Though I haven't seen or read his books in years, I still remember them as if I read them yesterday.