The Invention of Hugo Cabret

ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS MERYL STREEP TO NARRATE "BIG TREE" AUDIOBOOK

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NEW YORK, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, announced today that three-time Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep will narrate the audiobook edition of BIG TREE. The illustrated novel by #1 New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal-winning author-artist Brian Selznick, will be released simultaneously in hardcover, audiobook, and ebook on April 4, 2023. For more about Big Tree and to listen to an audiobook excerpt, visit www.scholastic.com/bigtree. 

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  • For more about Big Tree and to listen to an audiobook excerpt, visit www.scholastic.com/bigtree .
  • Featuring extensive sound design with natural sound effects, the audiobook edition will feature original music, giving listeners an immersive reading experience.
  • Meryl Streep said, "With Big Tree, Brian Selznick has created a profound and lovely book.
  • We are beyond delighted to have the incomparable Meryl Streep give voice to this epic story.

SCHOLASTIC PLANTS "BIG TREE" BY #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND AWARD-WINNING ARTIST BRIAN SELZNICK

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NEW YORK, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic, the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books, is set to publish BIG TREE, an immersive novel in words and pictures by Brian Selznick, the #1 New York Times bestselling creator of the Caldecott Medal-winning The Invention of Hugo Cabret. This new trailblazing tour de force will be released in hardcover and ebook formats on April 4, 2023, simultaneously in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Illumination owns the film rights for the book.

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  • It is filled with mystery and danger, humor, heart, and hope, and will captivate readers ages seven and up.
  • Illumination's Chris Meledandri said, "Brian Selznick is a singular talent who immerses the reader in the natural world with his stunning imagery.
  • He followed that with the #1 New York Times bestseller, Wonderstruck, adapted into the eponymous movie by celebrated filmmaker Todd Haynes, with a screenplay by Selznick, and thenthe New York Times bestseller, The Marvels.
  • Selznick's most recent bestselling novel Kaleidoscope was a New York Times Notable Children's Book of 2021.

Scholastic Announces Acclaimed Actress Gwendoline Christie As Narrator For Audio Edition Of "Kaleidoscope" By #1 New York Times Bestselling Author And Award-Winning Artist Brian Selznick

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We couldn't be more thrilled to have the uber-talented Gwendoline Christie voice the audiobook.

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  • We couldn't be more thrilled to have the uber-talented Gwendoline Christie voice the audiobook.
  • Gwendoline Christie said, "What a pleasure to communicate the spectacular Brian Selznick's captivating, wildly imaginative and thrillingly phantasmagorical collection of stories!
  • "Putting together the audio version of Kaleidoscope was a great joy and an incredible challenge," said Brian Selznick.
  • Gwendoline most recently starred on stage in Nicholas Hytner'sproduction of A Midsummer Night's Dream at the Bridge Theatre as "Titania."