Brian Selznick - such a talent

Brian Selznick is a remarkably talented 45 year old, New York-based author and illustrator of children's books. He received the 2008 Caldecott Medal for The Invention of Hugo Cabret.He also won the Caldecott Honor for The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins in 2002.
His latest is the stunning Wonderstruck (Scholastic) which is likely to collect more awards. It has been widely reviewed around the world.
Even The New Yorker gave it a mention in their  December 5, 2011 issue:

Two children set out on parallel journeys, fifty years apart, that culminate in New York City museums. Rose’s search for the mother who abandoned her and Ben’s quest for the man he suspects to be his father quickly turn into voyages of self-discovery, with a little help from the dioramas at the American Museum of Natural History and the panorama at the Queens Museum of Art. The narrative moves cinematically and mischievously between the two stories, Ben’s told in words and Rose’s in pictures. Though the plot is packed with action, it also has moments of existential awe: “Maybe, Ben thought, we are all cabinets of wonder.”

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