Yes. he is the author of the book, which differs in some ways from the movie. there are no crises except possibily disbelief in the book, which was intended as a bedtime story for children. There was a relativeluy straightforward, if not full steam ahead tone to the book, no signal trouble or plot twist de-rails.
Chirs Van Allsburg is the illustrator of polar express.
The winner of the Caldecott Medal in 1986 was The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg.
Chris Van Allsburg won the 1986 Caldecott Award for The Polar Express.
We read the book The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg.
Chris Van Allsburg won the Caldecott Medal in 1982 for Jumanji and in 1986 for The Polar Express.
The children's book The Polar Express was written by the author Chris Van Allsburg. Chris Van Allsburg also wrote the book Jumanji which was also made into a film and both of these books earned him Caldecott medals.
Chris Van Allsburg won the Caldecott Award in 1987 for The Polar Express.
Chris Van Allsburg's "The Polar Express" received the Caldecott Award in 1986.
Chris van Allsburg's Polar Express won the Caldecott Medal in 1986.
The book bu Chris Van Allsburg is copyright 1985 and the Tom Hanks film is copyright 2004.
The 2004 movie The Polar Express, originally a popular holiday children's book by Chris Van Allsburg, was directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film is distinct for it's life-like cinematography and use of star actor, Tom Hanks, in six different roles.
Chris Van Allsburg has won the Caldecott Medal twice.He first won for Jumanji in 1982 and then for The Polar Express in 1986.He won the Caldecott Honour Award in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.