She tells Ben how Danny met Ben's mother, and how he died from heart failure. Rose takes Ben to Queens, and leads him into the Queens Museum of Art where she tells her story. Rose is Ben's grandmother, and Danny was both Rose's son and Ben's father. In 1977 we see a mature Rose entering a bookstore where she meets Ben. He takes her back to his apartment, and promises to speak to their parents.

She is found there by her brother, Walter. Rose escapes, and flees to the American Museum of Natural History. Mayhew intends to send Rose back to her father, so she locks Rose in her dressing room. Mayhew is furious, despite Rose telling her that she came on her own. She sneaks in, and is found by the actress herself, who we learn is actually Rose's mother. In New York, Rose travels to the theater where Lillian Mayhew is performing. Unhappy and lonely at home, she runs away to New York City to see her idol, actress Lillian Mayhew. She is kept at home, with visits from a tutor, because she is deaf. Rose's story starts in Hoboken, New Jersey in October 1927. Ben discovers a bookmark in his mother's book. Ben has never known his dad, but feels a pull to find out who he was. He now lives with his aunt and uncle a couple miles across Gunflint Lake from the house he grew up in. Ben’s mom, Elaine, was the town librarian, but died in a car crash. juvenile fiction novel written and illustrated by Brian Selznick.īen’s story starts in Gunflint Lake, Minnesota in June 1977. I live in Brooklyn, New York, and San Diego, California. I have also written a few other books myself, including The Boy of a Thousand Faces, but The Invention of Hugo Cabret is by far the longest and most involved book I’ve ever worked on.

Since then, I have illustrated many books for children, including Frindle by Andrew Clements, The Doll People by Ann Martin and Laura Godwin, Amelia and Eleanor Go for a Ride by Pam Muñoz Ryan and The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins by Barbara Kerley, which received a 2001 Caldecott Honor. My first book, The Houdini Box, which I both wrote and illustrated, was published in 1991 while I was still working at the bookstore. While I was at Eeyore’s I also painted the windows for holidays and book events. I learned all about children’s books from my boss Steve Geck who is now an editor of children’s books at Greenwillow. I studied at The Rhode Island School of Design and after I graduated from college I worked at Eeyore’s Books for Children in New York City. I have a sister who is a teacher, a brother who is a brain surgeon, and five nephews and one niece. My name is Brian Selznick and I’m the author and illustrator of The Invention of Hugo Cabret.

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