Nancy A. (Chocoholic) reviewed on 12/2/2011 + 291 more book reviews

The Invention of Hugo Cabret is the basis for the Martin Scorsese film "Hugo." I saw the movie first and then read this book. The book is simply amazing and is mostly pictures with a few pages of text interspersed. One might even call it experimental fiction. Whatever you call it, this book is awesome and was incredibly well-researched and is a Caldecott award winner. I was able to read this in less than an hour and a half, even though it has well over 500 pages, so don't be discouraged by the size of it. There are some small differences between "Hugo" the movie, and the book, but they are relatively trivial (although I like the ending in the movie better than the book's ending). Quite simply a very well thought out and written children's story that is fit for readers of all ages.

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