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| Book cover from Scholastic |
Selznick, B. (2011). Wonderstruck. New York, NY: Scholastic Press.
*Winner of a 2012 Schneider Family Book Award*
Ben has lost his mother and has lost his hearing when he goes on a journey to find out who his father is. Rose is deaf and dreaming of life in New York City. This book melds pictures and text to make an extremely engaging story. It follows a similar format as his bestseller The Invention of Hugo Cabret. A difference in this one is that the text is a story of its own (Ben's) and the pictures are another (Rose's). The stories run parallel to one another and then merge as the book progresses. A fun activity to do with this book would be to start "curating" a story of your life to share, as a memory box or even in digital form with photographs. Ben collects things that are important to him, and realizes he is like a museum curator, putting together the story of his life, and that this quality is central to who he is. I love Ben's journey of discovery and how the stories fit perfectly together by the end.
I loved this book, too. The author is very talented in creating these stories in such an unusual way. Nice idea for the curriculum connection! Your blog looks great, too, by the way!
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