This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission. Selznick's previous books include “Wonderstruck,” “The Marvels” and “Invention of Hugo Cabret,” winner in 2008 of the Caldecott medal for illustration of a children's story and the basis of Martin Scorsese's film “Hugo.”Ĭopyright 2022 The Associated Press. In a statement about the book, Spielberg said, “The tale of the natural world is the greatest story we have to tell, and Brian delivers a brilliant chapter of it in the pages of ‘Big Tree.'” He employs wordless sequential pictures and distinct pages of text to let the cinematic story unfold, and the artwork, rendered in pencil and bordered in black. And like nature, we need to be adaptable as we grow.” Trees need each other to survive in the same way people need each other to survive. The natural world offers so many beautiful metaphors to help us live. In the film medium, there’s the option to play with the music, the sound design and silence. It’s about moving forward, planning for the future, and growing - even in the face of destruction. Brian Selznick: Very early on in thinking about the film, I got the idea to tell the story of Rose playing in a black and white silent movie and the story of Ben like a movie made in the ‘70s. “It’s about surviving by working together to create a community. “'Big Tree' is about a kind of hope that can be found in nature,” Selznick said in a statement released Thursday. He began working on “Big Tree” after Spielberg suggested he write a story of nature, from nature's point of view. The 528-page book, featuring nearly 300 pages of illustrations by Selznick, comes out April 4, 2023. NEW YORK – Brian Selznick's next book was inspired in part by a famous friend, Steven Spielberg.īilled by publisher Scholastic as a “love letter to the natural world,” Selznick's “Big Tree” tells the story of two sycamore seeds and their quest across time and space to save the world.

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