Chris Van Allsburg is one of America's most innovative picture book
creators. He was awarded the Caldecott Medal for Jumanji and The
Polar Express and received a Caldecott Honor for his very first
book, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. He has received the Regina Medal
for lifetime achievement in children's literature, a National Book
Award, and a Society of Illustrators Original Art Lifetime
Achievement Award, among other honors. He lives outside of Boston,
Massachusetts. Visit him at chrisvanallsburg.com.
Chris Van Allsburg is one of America's most innovative picture book
creators. He was awarded the Caldecott Medal for Jumanji and The
Polar Express and received a Caldecott Honor for his very first
book, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. He has received the Regina Medal
for lifetime achievement in children's literature, a National Book
Award, and a Society of Illustrators Original Art Lifetime
Achievement Award, among other honors. He lives outside of Boston,
Massachusetts. Visit him at chrisvanallsburg.com.
"A marvelous series of double-page black and white pictures meticulously textured with hatching . . . a visual tour de force." Horn Book Guide "The story idea, so economically carried out in the text, is illustrated in the artist's meticulous drawings, marvels of symbolism, reality, imagination, and perspective." Publishers Weekly --
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