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ChrisVanAllsburg,authorandillustrator
Author/Illustrator:ChrisVanAllsburg
Genre:Children'sFantasyNovel
Biography:VanAllsburg
HewasborninGrandRapids,MichiganinJune18th,1949.HissecondhomewasinthehousingdevelopmentoutsideofGrandRapidsthat
resembledthehouseheillustratedinPolarExpress.
• HeattendedUniversityofMichiganandgotadegreeinSculpture.HegotselectedintotheArt
ProgramwithoutaportfoliobutbecauseofhisresponsetoaquestionfromtheuniversityintervieweraskinghimwhathethoughtaboutNormanRockwell.He,“offthecuff”answered(quicklythinkingthattheinterviewerwasabigfanofthisartist)“IbelieveNormanRockwellis
unfairlycriticizedforbeingsentimental.IthinkheisawonderfulpainterwhocapturesAmerica'slongings.America'sdreamsandpresentAmericanlifewiththedramaandsensitivityofgreatplaywright"(22).TheadmissionofficerwasveryimpressedandacceptedChrisintothe
programrightonthespot.
•
OnaninterviewwithChris,heexpressedthathealwaysenjoyeddrawing,butgrowingupinGrandRapidshistalentwasn’tencouragedasmuchassportsandathleticswas.Butsoonhisteachersand
peerswereamazedathisartistictalentandinhighschooldrewalotfortheschool.Chriscontinuestosaythathisdrawingdevelopedincombinationwithhisloveforstorytellingthroughpictures.Hecreatedstoriesbyaskingquestionstohimself“Whatif”and“whatthen”.Forexample,the
wayhecreatedJumanjiwasaskingtwoquestions:Whatiftwochildrenwereboredwhileathomeanddiscoveraboardgameandthenwhatwouldhappeniftheboardcamealive?
HewontheCaldecottHonorMedalforthisbookin1980.Sincethenhehaspublished15additionalbooksandillustratedthreeothersforanauthorMarkHelprin.
Bibliography
• BaddayatRiverbend• Ben’sDream• AcityinWinter(Illustrator,writtenbyMarkHelprin)
• TheGardenofAbdulGasazi• Jumanji• JustaDream
• TheMysteriesofHarrisBurdick• ThePolarExpress• Probuditi
• TheStranger• SwanLake(Illustrator,writtenbyMarkHelprin)• TheSweetestFig
• TwoBadAnts• TheVeilofSnows(illustrator,writtenbyMarkHelprin)• TheWreckoftheZephyr
• TheWidowsBroom• TheZwasZapped• Zathura
Bad Day
A t River bend (1995)
Riverbendwasaquiettownwherenothingexcitingeverhappened.Eventhestagecoachneverstoppedthere;itjustrolledthroughtown.Butoneday,thestagecoachstopped.SomethingwasterriblywronginRiverbend.
The Sweetest Fig (1994)
"Thesefigsareveryspecial,"thewomanwhispered."Theycanmakedreamscometrue.
ThereissomethingterriblywrongontheRitaAnne.Hercrewno
longerspeaksandtheywalk"stoopedover.""Atnight,shriekscanbeheardcomingfromtheforwardhold."
The Widow's Broom (1992)
The Wretched Stone (1991)
"It'sdangerous,"theysay."It'sawicked,wickedthing."
Just A Dream (1990)
Walter'sneighborreceivesatreeforherbirthday.UselessgiftsinWalter'seyes.Walterlovestechnologyandhebelievesinafuturefullofwonderfulinventionssuchasrobots.Hefallsasleepanddreamsofthiswonderfulfuture,
butitisnotaswonderfulashethoughtitwouldbe.
Two Bad Ants (1988)
Twoantsgowithagroupoffellowantstofind"marvelouscrystal(s)"fortheirqueen.Theyfindthesecrystals,andthegroupheadsbacktotheirqueen.Allexcept"twobadants"whodecidetostayandexplorethisnewandfascinatingworldthatcontainssuchmarvelsasthecrystals.Theydidnotknowwhattroubletheyweregettinginto...
The Polar Express (1985)
Aboygoesonanunforgettablejourneywhen,onChristmasEve,heboardsthePolarExpresstotheNorthPole.
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (1984)
(1996 Portfolio edition)
ChrisVanAllsburgdiscoversfourteen"mysterious"drawingsinthehomeofPeterWenders..