Every now and then a book comes along that is so simple and perfect and magic that it makes me think of a million different things when I read it and I never want it to end.
The Invention of Hugo Cabret
by Brian Selznick
This book goes on my permanent children's book shelf, along with A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Little Mermaid, (illustrated, the original version, pre-Disney), Snugglepot and Cuddlepie's Adventures, Trumpet of the Swan, The Secret Garden, Calvin and Hobbes, Harry Potter, etc.
