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The Polar Express (Hardcover) (Hardcover)
by Chris Van Allsburg
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Children's book, Age 4-8, Award-winning |
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A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
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Author: Chris Van Allsburg
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Pub. in: October, 1985
ISBN: 0395389496
Pages: 32
Measurements: 11.7 x 9.1 x 0.5 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00428
Other information: ISBN-13: 978-0395389492
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- Awards & Credential -
The winner of 1986 Caldecott Medal. |
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Chris Van Allsburg's spell-binding tale of wonderment is a delight in this cynical age in which we live. The innocence and hope embodied in this story is refreshing. Your children will love to read this with you or by themselves. It does deal (sensitively) with the "existence of Santa" question, so keep that in mind, but the door is left open for children of all ages to believe. The story is gentle, but at the same time, filled with breathtaking adventures on a train to the North Pole. Again, if you are looking for a tonic against the cynical, ironic, self-conscious, violent, and even frightening presentations aimed at kids today, this book is just what you are looking for. It's sweet, but sophisticated...innocent, but not cheesy. And this edition is beautifully bound and illustrated, making it a wonderful keepsake that will be a perennial favorite every Christmas season.
Target readers:
Kids aged 4-8.
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The author and illustrator of numerous picture books for children, Chris Van Allsburg is the winner of two Caldecott Medals, for Jumanji and The Polar Express, as well as the recipient of a Caldecott Honor Book for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. He has also been awarded the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement in children"'s literature. In 1982, Jumanji won the National Book Award and in 1996, it was made into a popular feature film. Chris Van Allsburg was formerly an instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife and two children.
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In this wonderfully enchanting book by Chris Van Allsburg, a young boy learns that the true meaning of Christmas isn't in the number of presents he receives, but much, much more. The story opens as a young boy lays in bed late on Christmas Eve. Suddenly, he is startled by a loud noise outside his window. Leaping out of bed, he is amazed to find a large steam locomotive train sitting in the street outside.
Bewildered, he heads outside, where he is greeted by the conductor. Soon, the train is headed on its way toward the North Pole. The journey carries the children over long bridges, up huge mountains, and over slippery areas of sheer ice. Eventually, the train arrives safely at the North Pole just before Santa sets off on his yearly journey. The children are notified that one will get to choose the first present of the year, and the little boy is chosen. He selects not a toy, but one of the reindeer's jingle bells. The jingle bell symbolizes the belief in Santa, and as long as you believe, you'll always be able to hear the bell.
Much to his dismay, he realizes that the bell has fallen through a hole in the pocket of his robe. Arriving back home, he returns to bed, but on Christmas morning, he finds the bell wrapped especially from Santa.
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| "On Christmas Eve, many years ago, I lay quietly in my bed. I did not rustle the sheets. I breathed slowly and silently. I was listening for a sound - a sound a friend had told me I'd never hear - the ringing bells of Santa's sleigh. 'There is no Santa,' my friend had insisted, but I knew he was wrong. Late that night I did hear sounds, though not of ringing bells. From outside came the sounds of hissing steam and squeaking metal. I looked through my window and saw a train standing perfectly still in from of my house." |
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Newsweek (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
The sumptuous pastel effects-train lights seen through falling snow and a vertiginous overhead view, from Santa's sleigh, of his popular city-make this one of Van Allsburg's most treasured visions.
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The New York Times (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
"The Polar Express is magic indeed."
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Horn Book Guide (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
"As always, the forms are sculptured, the perspectives as dazzling as they are audacious, the colors rich and elegant, the use of light and shadow masterly."
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Jeffery Edwards (MSL quote), USA
<2007-06-26 00:00>
If your children like Christmas stories, they're going to love 'The Polar Express.' The story is wonderful and the art is absolutely magical. I have a library copy that my daughter makes me read to her every day or so. I guess I'll have to buy a copy when this one goes back to the library. Either that, or I'll have to pay hideous overdue fines, as I'm reasonably certain we'll have to keep this book in the house until my princess grows beyond such things.
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