![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But set the spine-tickling aside (though this is reason enough to check out some of his books), and Van Allsburg is still a very talented illustrator, and very talented story-teller, and the author of more than a few modern classics in picture books.Īll but two of the books ( Riverbend and Sweetie Pie) have illustrations done in the same, Van Allsburg-y style. Night Shaymalan or Cloverfield for kids). He has this way of infusing them with some serious creep factor, though it’s so hard to put your finger on how (sorta like M. I was still in elementary school, and man were those illustrations beautiful and interesting to look at and… CREEPY! There’s just something about Van Allsburg’s illustrations: not all of them, but many of them. I recall my aunt checking The Mysteries of Harris Burdick out at the library, and setting it in my hands. I have admired, sometimes at a bit of a distance, Chris Van Allsburg since I was a kid. But I have put a LOT of words on the page today, and I always try to keep up the blog. ![]()
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