A review by readingjag
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: 14 Amazing Authors Tell the Tales by Chris Van Allsburg

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.