Chamberlin Free Public Library Catalog

The Polar Express /

Van Allsburg, Chris.

The Polar Express / - Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1985. - [32] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.

Sample text for The Polar Express / written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. "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."

Narrated by Liam Neeson ; music by Michael Moss.

A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.



Caldecott Medal, 1986.

0395389496 9780395389492

85010907


Santa Claus--Fiction.
Santa Claus.


Christmas stories.
Belief and doubt--Juvenile fiction.
Passenger trains--Juvenile fiction.
Children--Juvenile fiction.
Voyages and travels--Juvenile fiction.


North Pole--Fiction.
North Pole--Juvenile fiction.


Caldecott Medal--Winner--1986.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.
Christmas stories.
Christmas fiction.

PZ7.V266 / Po 1985

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