The Chronicles of Harris Burdick
Subtitle: 14 Amazing Authors Tell the Tales
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780547548104
Copyright date: 2011
Subjects: American Short stories; American Fantasy fiction; Detective and mystery stories. American
Description: Who is Harris Burdick?

For more than twenty-five years, readers have been puzzling over the illustrations by this enigmatic artist. Thousands of children have been inspired to weave their own stories to go with his intriguingly titled pictures. And now, some of our most imaginative storytellers attempt to solve the perplexing mysteries of Harris Burdick. 

Enter The Chronicles of Harris Burdick to read this incredible compendium of stories: magical, funny, creepy, poignant, inscrutable, these are tales you won't soon forget.
(front flap)
Table of contents: title: Introduction / by Lemony Snicket; title: Archie Smith, Boy Wonder / by Tabitha King; title: Under the rug / by Jon Scieszka; title: A strange day in July / by Sherman Alexie; title: Missing in Venice / by Gregory Maguire; title: Another place, another time / by Cory Doctorow; title: Uninvited guests / by Jules Feiffer; title: The harp / by Linda Sue Park; title: Mr. Linden's library / by Walter Dean Myers; title: The seven chairs / by Lois Lowry; title: The third-floor bedroom / by Kate DiCamillo; title: Just desert / by M.T. Anderson; title: Captain Tory / by Louis Sachar; title: Oscar and Alphonse: the Farkas Conjecture / by Chris Van Allsburg; title: The house on Maple Street / by Stephen King; title: Original introduction to The mysteries of Harris Burdick / by Chris Van Allsburg.