"Creating this book was a great joy and an even greater challenge because ... At 528 pages with nearly 300 pages of Selznick’s iconic graphite illustrations, 'Big Tree' will be printed on paper ...

Meryl Streep to Narrate 'Big Tree' Audiobook . The book will be released simultaneously in hardcover, audiobook, and ebook on April 4, 2023.

Of the many tender and heart-wrenching moments in “Big Tree,” Brian Selznick’s illustrated novel about two tree seeds, it’s a small illustration toward the beginning of the book that may ...

“Big Tree” became a big book, clocking in at well over 500 pages. When it was done, Selznik took a chance and sent a copy to Meryl Streep, asking her to do the audiobook. And she said yes.

In BIG TREE (Scholastic, 528 pp., $32.99, ages 7 and up), written and exquisitely illustrated by Brian Selznick (“The Invention of Hugo Cabret”), animals cannot talk.Or at least that is the ...