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trevoryan's review against another edition
3.0
Read The Mysteries of Harris Burdick first, then this.
misspippireads's review against another edition
3.0
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The Chronicles of Harris Burdick consists of fourteen short stories by popular authors. They stories are based off of illustrations that have a title with one line. They stories are surreal and magic even a little disturbing and strange. Most take place in modern times, but at least one is set in the past.
Reviewed from a library copy.
Character:
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick consists of fourteen short stories by popular authors. They stories are based off of illustrations that have a title with one line. They stories are surreal and magic even a little disturbing and strange. Most take place in modern times, but at least one is set in the past.
Reviewed from a library copy.
lsparrow's review against another edition
3.0
such a range of tales - some i loved and some were less interesting. I especially enjoyed the lost in venice and the last story the house on maple street.
readingjag's review against another edition
2.0
When I was a young child, I wrote a letter to the publisher of The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, offering my theories on what might have happened to the author. I was such a cute, precocious little nerd. Now as an adult I can obviously tell who really illustrated that book, but it's still much beloved by me. I was super excited about this collection, but I felt like it was just OK. There weren't a lot of standout stories for me. I found it really interesting how many times sailors and sea voyages were themes, and how many times the authors chose to end their story with the quotation from the original picture book. Lemony Snicket's intro was amazing and I loved the story by MT Anderson, but this wasn't a must read like I'd hoped. Also it was bizarrely categorized as a Young Adult book at my library which I think is because a lot of the authors write for teens but I think it holds more appeal for people like me who read the original book as children.
hello_sunshine's review against another edition
5.0
Amazing authors, great stories! I was just sad they were so short-- I wanted to read more!
kristenremenar's review against another edition
3.0
I've used "Mysteries of Harris Burdick" for years as writing prompts with young writers. I liked most of these stories - will probably read aloud Kate DiCamillo's story since it's the shortest, and written in letters.
cimorene1558's review against another edition
3.0
Like any collection of stories by different authors, some of these are very good and some are less so. I felt that very few of them suited the pictures they were supposed to tell the story around, but that's a matter of personal opinion.
dogtrax's review against another edition
4.0
I can't wait to get started on this one but I am holding off until I join my students this week for "independent reading"
boilergeezer's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5