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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/12162097 Title: The Polar Express Author: Chris Van Allsburg; Houghton Mifflin Company Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1985. ISBN/ISSN: 0395389496 9780395389492 OCLC:12162097

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The Polar Express

Author:	Chris Van Allsburg; Houghton Mifflin Company.
Publisher:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1985.
Edition/Format:	Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.
Rating:	based on 3 rating(s) 0 with reviews - Be the first.
Subjects	Santa Claus -- Juvenile fiction. Christmas -- Juvenile fiction. Belief and doubt -- Juvenile fiction. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Caldecott Medal Juvenile fiction Fiction
Additional Physical Format:	Print version: Van Allsburg, Chris The Polar Express Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 1985. (DLC) 85010907 (OCoLC)12162097
Material Type:	Fiction, Juvenile audience, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Chris Van Allsburg; Houghton Mifflin Company. Find more information about:
ISBN:	0395389496 9780395389492
OCLC Number:	12162097
Notes:	Art techniques used: Soft layers of watercolor, pastel and colored pencils with a sensitive awareness of light and perspective.
Awards:	Caldecott Medal, 1986.
Description:	[32] p. : col. ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Contents:	Sample text for The Polar Express / written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. "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."
Responsibility:	written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg.
More information:	Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description

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A magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.

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