Thursday, May 05, 2016

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

The story of Harris Burdick has always intrigued me and I thought it would be a great way to introduce mystery writing to the grade 4's.

In 1953, a man named Harris Burdick visited a well-known publisher in Chicago, Illinois named Peter Wenders. Mr. Burdick show him 14 fascinating drawings with equally fascinating captions, promising to return the next day with more illustrations and the stories to match. Mr. Wenders never heard from him again. Over the years, Mr. Wenders tried to find out who Harris Burdick was, but he never found out. All that remain are the samples of his supposed books. Readers are challenged to imagine their own stories based on the images for the books.





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