Guess What!

Guess what! In my literacy enrichment class, there is this book called: The Mysteries Of Harris Burdick. Some of you might have heard of it. Well, it's this book that has a great story behind it. So, a man named Harris Burdick came into a publisher's office and gave him 14 pictures. He had 14 great writings to go along with the pictures. But, he didn't give him the writings. Just pictures, a title, and a caption. The publisher loved the pictures, and wanted to find out the story behind them. He told Harris Burdick to come tomorrow to show him the stories. But, Harris Burdick never came. It seemed as he had disappeared into thin air. There was no trace of a " Harris Burdick". There is more to the story but I need to cut to the chase. Anyway, in 1984, Chris Van Allsburg published a book, with all 14 pictures in it. When people saw that book, they were inspired to write stories to go along with the pictures. There are many, many stories to go along with every picture written by children and adults. Well, my class and I are going to write 2 stories to go along with 2 of the pictures. The stories will then be edited by REAL authors and go on to be published. Unfortunately, the book is not going to stores. Only my class will get copies of the book. I'm so excited I just had to blog about it! I start writing my 1st story tomorrow.