Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Chronicles of Harris Burdick | 2011 | Chris Van Allsburg | Buy |
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick, published in 2011, grew out of one of Chris Van Allsburg’s most popular books. In the original 1984 Mysteries of Harris Burdick, Van Allsburg presented 14 illustrations with only titles and single-line captions, inviting readers to imagine the full stories behind them. For decades, teachers used the book as a creative writing prompt in classrooms.
In The Chronicles of Harris Burdick, Van Allsburg invited 14 established authors to write the stories he had only hinted at. Contributors include Stephen King, Lois Lowry, Sherman Alexie, and Louis Sachar, each taking one illustration and building a complete short story around it. The result is a collaborative anthology that gives readers one possible answer to each of the mysteries Van Allsburg left open nearly three decades earlier.