Brian Selznick’s hybrid prose/comics children’s book The Invention of Hugo Cabret has won the Caldecott Medal for distinguished picture book.

The Caldecott and Newbury medals were announced this morning at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia.

Selznick’s 533-page book blends comics and prose to tell the story of an orphan who lives in a Paris train station and crosses paths with an eccentric old man who turns out to be silent filmmaker George Melies.

As the article notes, The Invention of Hugo Cabret is a departure for the Caldecott Medal; previous winners tended to be shorter, more conventional picture books.

Related: Viz Media’s edition of Brave Story wins the Mildred L. Batchelder Award for best work of translation

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