Van Allsburg, Chris. The Polar Express. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1985.
Is it any wonder that The Polar Express won a Caldecott award? Is it any wonder that Hollywood made a movie out of it? This is a gorgeous book for adults as well as children. It’s fantastic to read aloud to a child because not only is are the pictures spectacular, but the storyline is wonderful, too. See, I can’t say enough nice things about this book!
It’s simply the story of a boy who takes a trip by train to visit Santa at the North Pole. He is given a special gift that proves his belief in all things Christmas – the elves, the gifts, the reindeer, the North Pole, and of course, Santa Claus himself. This book was such a treat that I now want to go see the movie!
“We climbed mountains so high it seemed as if we would scrape the moon” (p 9) and “Though I’ve grown old, the bell still rings for me as it does for all who truly believe” (p 29) are my favorite lines.
BookLust Twist: From Book Lust and the chapter on “Christmas Books for the Whole Family to Read” (p 55).
~*LunaSea*~ 
i think i’m going to pull this book off the shelf and read it to my little one again tonight.
I hope it’s just as magical as the first time you read it to her!
You should also check out “The Mysteries of Harris Burdick”, it’s essentially a picture book with one sentence captions beneath these gorgeous illustrations…not really a story per se, more of a fill in the details yourself type book…you’ll see…:)
http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com
His official website…lots of coolness…:)
thanks…
s read it to me last night and it was just as magical. thanks for reminding me how much i love that book. somehow it really opens up the soul to christmas spirit.
You have no idea how much that warmed my heart! thank you