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Type of bind: Hardcover
Brand: Houghton Mifflin
EAN num: 9780395389492
ISBN number: 0395389496
Label: Houghton Mifflin
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 32
Printing Date: October 28, 1985
Publishing house: Houghton Mifflin
Age index: Ages 4-8
Sale Popularity Level: 5030
Studio: Houghton Mifflin
Features:- Christmas Accessories
- For use with your scale model railroad
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For a limited time, get this Caldecott Awarding Hardcover book for only $9.99 with the purchase of any Polar Express Train Item. Written and Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg Houghton Mifflin Company If one of the items below is added to your cart, at checkout (after your address is entered), you will be asked if you'd like to add this product for $9.99. LIMITED SUPPLY! OFFER ENDS WHEN SOLD OUT! Qualifying Polar Express Items: O Scale Polar Express Items: Lionel - Polar Express Baggage Car O Lionel - Polar Express Diner Car O Lionel - Polar Express Train Set - O Scale BRIO Wooden Railway Items: BRIO - POLAR EXPRESS Holiday Set
Amazon.com Review:
One couldn't select a more delightful and exciting premise for a children's book than the tale of a young boy lying awake on Christmas Eve only to have Santa Claus sweep by and take him on a trip with other children to the North Pole. And one couldn't ask for a more talented artist and writer to tell the story than Chris Van Allsburg. Allsburg, a sculptor who entered the genre nonchalantly when he created a children's book as a diversion from his sculpting, won the 1986 Caldecott Medal for this book, one of several award winners he's produced. The Polar Express rings with vitality and wonder.
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My uncle gave me this book as a gift many years ago. I loved the fact that it came with a cassette (read by William Hurt) and it even has a little bell just like the boy in the story. This story is probably my absolute favorite Christmas book. I am buying it for my Nephew to pass on the tradition.
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What can one say about an illustrator like Van Allsburg? The Polar Express is almost not a children's story but for the child with a vivid imagination (and may there still be a few in existence!!) they will identify with the little boy who travels in his dreams by the Polar Express. I know they have mad an animated film of this book and done it well but it really is more a nostalgia trip for adults. I have never seen a Van Allsburg done badly they are always incredible books and I would love to own the lot. Highly recommended!
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We read this book as a family on Christmas Eve two years ago for the very first time. I love the pictures and the story. A firm believer of Santa, I had encouraged my kids to believe in him. In a world so hard and sometime cold, a book like this one is needed to remind us that there is good in this world and it usually come out stronger in the holiday season.
Anna del C.
Author of "The Elf and the Princess"
and "Trouble in the Elf City"
The Elf and The Princess: The Silent Warrior Trilogy - Book One (The Silent Warrior Trilogy)
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This is one of my most cherished books from childhood. I always wished that a train would pull up to my house one night and whisk me away to see Santa Claus. The illustrations are wonderful as well. Around Christmas time I still like to make some hot chocolate and sit down and re-read this book.
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I am a fan of Chris Van Alsburg and I believe that this is one of the most spectacular things he has ever written. What makes this a timeless work of art is not only the peaceful, dusk-cover pictures that evoke romantic images of the North but the precious concept of pure faith demonstrated through such a simple holiday symbol as the bell.
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