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ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING ACTRESS MERYL STREEP TO NARRATE "BIG TREE" AUDIOBOOK
HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED NOVEL BY #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND ACCLAIMED ARTIST BRIAN SELZNICK TO BE PUBLISHED AND AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD APRIL 4, 2023
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[{"type":"text","content":"HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED NOVEL BY #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR AND ACCLAIMED ARTIST BRIAN SELZNICK TO BE PUBLISHED AND AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD APRIL 4, 2023\nNEW YORK, March 1, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic, the global children's publishing, education and media company, announced today that three-time Academy Award-winning actress Meryl Streep will narrate the audiobook edition of BIG TREE. The illustrated novel by #1 New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal-winning author-artist Brian Selznick, will be released simultaneously in hardcover, audiobook, and ebook on April 4, 2023. For more about Big Tree and to listen to an audiobook excerpt, visit www.scholastic.com/bigtree. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nA love letter to the natural world with over 300 pages of Selznick's iconic graphite illustrations, Big Tree is an epic adventure and a breathtaking visual journey through time, nature and love that will thrill the whole family. The story, which began as an original idea from film legend Steven Spielberg, with guidance by Illumination founder Chris Meledandri, is Selznick's most ambitious work to date. Featuring extensive sound design with natural sound effects, the audiobook edition will feature original music, giving listeners an immersive reading experience.\nMeryl Streep said, \"With Big Tree, Brian Selznick has created a profound and lovely book. His quiet message—that even the smallest among us can do something to save the world, and that we're all connected—is just what's needed for the moment in which we find ourselves.\"\nOne of this year's most anticipated books, Big Tree has garnered raves pre-publication. In a starred review, Booklist praised it as \"an enthralling and expansive meditation on what it means to be alive on this planet.\" Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked, said that the book is \"a labor of love—no, of passion—for the world and all the life it supports, Brian Selznick's Big Tree spreads its storytelling canopy to cover all of us. We're implicated, we're honored. We're family.\" Becky Anderson, owner of independent bookstore Anderson's Bookshop, said, \"I cannot imagine another book more needed than Big Tree to help us save our planet.\"\nBrian Selznick, who was awarded the Caldecott Medal for his innovative and genre-breaking The Invention of Hugo Cabret, said in a statement: \"From Sophie Zawistow...