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Title: The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg ISBN: 0-395-38949-6 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 28 October, 1985 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.95 (100 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: If you have a little kid in your life, it's a MUST READ
Comment: Gorgeous illustrations.
Amazingly mesmerizing language, almost poetry.
Magical story about Santa's visit on Christmas Eve. Santa, however, arrives on a train instead of a sleigh, and he takes the boy on a train ride to the North Pole (a trip that is so exquisitely illustrated that you can come to believe it's real), where, from among hundreds, he's chosen to receive the first Christmas present, which he can choose. He could choose anything, anything at all - and he chooses one of the bells from Santa's sleigh, which is loaded, ready and waiting.
When he returns home and the train pulls away, he's devastated to discover the bell has fallen through a hole in his pocket. What happens next to restore this child's believe in Christmas magic.
Buy the book and find out. Buy it. But it now and read it yearly at Christmas. When your kids grow up and leave home, read it to yourself. Then read it to grandchildren. Take it to your retirement community and keep reading it.
For sure.
Rating: 5
Summary: Absolutely Enchanting!
Comment: This book is one of the most magical children's books I have ever come across! As soon as you open the front cover, you enter an exquisite world that has an almost dream-like quality to it. It is told in the first person point of view of an adult recounting his most memorable Christmas experience. And what an experience! The boy in the story is awakened one Christmas Eve by a train whistle and discovers the Polar Express waiting to take him to the North Pole to see Santa. Once there, the boy is chosen to receive the first gift of Christmas. The boy has a touchingly simple request --to have one of the bells from the harness of Santa's reindeer. It is given to him, and he is filled with joy! Yet, on the way home, the boy discovers that there is a hole in the pocket of his bathrobe, and he has lost the treasured bell.He is heart broken. The next morning he finds the bell in a box under the tree, and he rejoices in the new-found bell and its marvelous sound! The catch? Only those who truly believe in the magic of Santa can hear the sound of the bell.
I read this story every year to my children, and every year there is absolute silence as they listen, entranced, to this deceptively simple story. Afterward, they always beg to hear it again and again! They are fascinated by the beautiful illustrations and the language of this very moving story. I have a CD with my version and Liam Neeson does a beautiful job of reading the book, along with superb background sounds and effects that will make you feel as if you had taken the journey yourself. You will not for a minute regret buying this book--I guarantee it will become a treasured favorite with your children!As an adult it will fill you with a wistful yearning to go back to your childhood and experience once again the magic of being a child.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wintery Exploration
Comment: I have loved this book since I first heard it in second grade. That little boy reminds me of how I used to stay awake all night Christmas Eve and then sneak downstairs when I heard the first little noise. The artwork is wonderfull, I would just sit there and imagine I was part of the book. I am diffently going to get this book for my children.
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Title: Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg ISBN: 0395304482 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 27 April, 1981 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak ISBN: 0060254920 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: 09 November, 1988 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Ray Cruz, Judith Viorst ISBN: 0689711735 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 15 July, 1987 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: A Guide for Using The Polar Express in the Classroom by Susan Kilpatrick ISBN: 1557345430 Publisher: Teacher Created Materials Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Owl Moon by Jane Yolen, John Schoenherr ISBN: 0399214577 Publisher: Philomel Books Pub. Date: October, 1987 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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