Books with author Brian Selznick

This book is about a journey at sea in 1766 with a boy named Billy Marvel. After a shipwreck, he finds work in a London Theatre. There, his family flourishes for generations as brilliant actors until 1900, when the young Leontes Marvel is banished from the stage. The Marvels is a loving tribute to the power of story from an artist at the vanguard of creative innovation.

Victor is forever trying to escape from locked trunks, walk through walls, and perform any number of Houdini's astonishing magic tricks...without success. Then -- amazingly -- he actually meets his idol, and begs Houdini to explain himself. A mysterious locked box is the magician's only answer, and Victor is left to wonder: Does the box contain the secrets to the most famous magic tricks ever performed?

William has the brown hair and Jules the gold.They are ten months old.This dulcimer is all their father has to give them.A weathered stranger delivers an old wicker chest to the Carbuncles' doorstep. In it they find two sleeping baby boys and a beautiful silver-stringed instrument. For the sake of appearing charitable to their neighbors, the Carbuncles take the boys in, but William and Jules are consigned to the chilly attic, and the dulcimer is locked away -- until William is old enough to play it, whereupon he discovers a natural musical talent that leads him on a bittersweet journey to self-discovery.Featuring luminous illustrations by Caldecott Honor artist Brian Selznick, this haunting tale by National Book Award finalist Tor Seidler has a transcendent lyricism that soars as gracefully as William's mysterious music.