Brian Selznik, The Invention of Hugo Cabret
Lesson plans and teaching resources

An interview with the author, a series of 5 short videos.

Author interview, rich informational text. Adobe Reader required; 11 pages.

The official website, with author biography and related information.

Booktalk and 4 activities. Students use an index to locate information, study words with a dictionary, find facts using an encyclopedia, learn about the Caldecott Medal, and create a drawing based on an illustration. Includes handouts. Adobe Reader required; 18 pages.

A good post-reading sponge-activity review. Students will enjoy the interactive puzzle and maze. The site includes a writing activity.

Michelle Norris interviews author Brian Selznik about the book. Click on the link to listen to the February 2007 interview.

More than a dozen postreading activities. Follow links for some.

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Together, these videos from YouTube make up the 1902 movie by Georges M矇li癡s.

Words are presented in context and with definitions. Click on a word for pronunciation, examples of recent use, more.

This blog offers three resources: a lesson plan, an activity from the J. Paul Getty Museum, and another activity from Web Exhibits.