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The Polar Express / written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg.
A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
Record details
- ISBN: 0395389496
- ISBN: 9780395389492
- ISBN: 9780358315056
- Physical Description: 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 30 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1985.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Art techniques used: Soft layers of watercolor, pastel and colored pencils with a sensitive awareness of light and perspective. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | "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." |
| Target Audience Note: | 520L Lexile Decoding demand: 74 (high) Semantic demand: 77 (high) Syntactic demand: 93 (very high) Structure demand: 87 (very high) Lexile |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.8 0.5 5240. |
| Awards Note: | Caldecott Medal, 1986. |
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| Genre: | Christmas fiction. Caldecott Medal. Dust jackets (Bindings) |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Festus Public Library | E Van Allsburg Holidays (Text) | 32017000005877 | Picture Books | Available | - |
| Festus Public Library | E Van Allsburg Holidays (Text) | 32017000043857 | Picture Books | Available | - |
