About this title: Are those birds on the wallpaper really flying out the window? How did the ocean liner get onto city streets? Make up your own story from the 14 thought-provoking pictures of impossible situations--or just look at them and wonder.
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
ISBN-13:9780395353936ISBN:0395353939
Description: Very good. VG & Clean HdCvr w/ Gd DJ-BkDJ Cvr has 2 tears & sm pc of DJ missing on Top Edge & DJ Edges / Corners ltly rubbed due to shelfwear-NO underlines, hilites, marks, notes-Shipped w/in 24 hrs w/ FREE Delivery Confirmation-HI/AK longer unless Expedited is chosen. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Mass
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780395353936ISBN:0395353939
Description: Burdick, Harris. Near Fine in Good jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Copy has stain on the lower back edge near the spine, otherwise clean, dj has edgewear with knicks, tiny chips, and two 2" closed tears, stain (only visable from the inside of dj) on lower back edge. Collection of 15 drawings, that are so luminous and delicate they look like silver point, left with a publisher, they were samples from stories that Burdick had written, each drawing had a title and one line from the stories. He ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: BOSTON: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1984, Boston
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780395353936ISBN:0395353939
Description: Large 9" x 11" Hardcover Book Bound in orange cloth with Gilt Lettering. Book is in VERY GOOD+ condition. Full page Black and White Illustrations. Unpaginated. 31 pages. THE ILLUSTRATIONS ARE on every other page. This book stimulates the imagination and the reader must use his own creativity to write the story in his mind. DUST JACKET is mylar protected, but is chipped heavily on corners, spine head and tails. Dust Jacket is Illustrated in BLack and White and Gray with Orange Lettering. Overall ... read more
Binding: Spiral
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780395353936ISBN:0395353939
Description: New. Fourteen black-and-white drawings, each accompanied by a title and a caption, allow readers to make up their own stories to complement the pictures. From the award-winning author/illustrator of many wonderful books, including "Jumanji" and "The Polar... read more
Description: Illustrated. Very Good + in Good jacket. 11x9.25 inches. Black, black and white drawing illustrated dust jacket with orange lettering. Black dust jacket spine with orange lettering. Dust jacket edges worn. Large pull tear on back of dust jacket, price-clipped, stains (visible inside). Even the most reluctant imagination, when confronted by these drawings, will not be able to resist solving the mysteries of Harris Burdick. Full page black and white drawings. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780395353936ISBN:0395353939
Description: 14 B/W Full Page Illustrations By Harris Burdick. Very Good Condition/Good Clipped Dust Jacket. 4to-over 9¾"-12" Tall 0395353939 Orange cloth binding with gilt title and author on front cover. Gilt author, title and publisher on spine. Content clean, bright and sound. No fautls. read more
Binding: Reinforced
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Date Published: 1984-09-24
ISBN-13:9780395353936ISBN:0395353939
Description: NEW. Reinforced. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780395353936. read more
"Imágenes inconexas, cada una con un título y una frase, para que en tu mente brote un cuento completo y desaparezca a los pocos segundos. La que se titula "Archie Smith, Boy Wonder" me altera y me emociona cada vez que la veo. Sí, Van Allsburg es el mismo de Jumanji y Zathura."
"The first time I was introduced to this book was when I was in 5th grade. My language arts teacher used it to give us writing prompts. I have since used it in my classroom as a writing assignment for my own students, although it was a little more challenging for them since they were 2nd graders. Some of them did come up with very creative stories though. The book has different pictures and a beginning for each picture. This offers a great assignment to students, if you are a teacher, giving them a chance to write a story that already has a beginning and a picture to go with it."
"This is ostensibly a children's book, but I find it fascinating as well. It is a series of pictures with an accompanying title and first sentence. The mythology is that a man named Harris Burdick gave the pictures to Van Allsburg as pitches for stories he had written. He left, promising to come back the next day with the full stories, and then never returned. (I personally think it is all made up, but who cares?)
One of my favorite is The Seven Chairs which has a picture of a nun floating in a chair 20 feet above the ground in a cathedral, accompanied by the first line "The fifth one ended up in France."
A fantastic book, not only in general, but also as a device for stimulating writing projects for Elementary and Jr. High kids."
"Chris Van Allsburg might be my favorite combination author/illustrator. Is it really fair for one person to have both those talents in such extraordinary form? All his gorgeous picture books center around using ones imagination, this one perhaps most of all. The premise is so clever and simple and just the teensiest bit creepy: what the reader allegedly holds in his or her hands are the only remnants of fourteen stories written by a Mr. Harris Burdick, who disappeared leaving behind just the titles of his stories and a captioned picture for each one. Isn't that just delicious? A perfect assignment for children or anyone looking to stir up their own imagination -- make up your own short story to complete one of the mysteries Harris Burdick left behind!"
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