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.
"The author-illustrator has woven a thread of fantasy in and around
his realistic illustrations to give the reader, once again, a story
that stays in the imagination." Horn Book "The author-illustrator
has woven a thread of fantasy in and around his realistic
illustrations to give the reader, once again, a story that stays in
the imagination." Horn Book Guide
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