He won the award for Jumanji in 1981 and The Polar Express in 1985. His book The Garden of Abdul Gasazi won Honor Book distinction in 1980.
Chris Van Allsburg's "The Polar Express" received the Caldecott Award in 1986.
Chris Van Allsburg won the Caldecott Medal in 1982 for Jumanji and in 1986 for The Polar Express.
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.
The Polar Express by Chris van Allsburg won the Caldecott in 1986, and Black and White by David Macaulay won in 1991.
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.
Jane Yolen won the 1988 Caldecott Award for her book Owl Moon.
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Maurice Sendak won the Caldecott award for "Where the Wild Things Are" in 1964.
Chris Van Allsburg has written 17 great books which some of them have become motion pictures like Jumanji, Zathura and Polar Express! The other books names are..The Garden of Abdul Gasazi (1979, Caldecott Honor)Jumanji (1981, Caldecott Medal)Ben's Dream (1982)The Wreck of the Zephyr (1983)The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (1984)The Polar Express (1985, Caldecott Medal)The Stranger (1986)The Z Was Zapped (1987)Two Bad Ants (1988)Just a Dream (1990)The Wretched Stone (1991)The Widow's Broom (1992)The Sweetest Fig (1993)The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (1994, Portfolio edition)Bad Day at Riverbend (1995)Zathura (2002)Probuditi! (2006)
In America, the award for picture books is the Caldecott Award. The Newbery Award is for children's books that are not picture books. Each state has a book award. Coretta Scott King started an award for books about African American children.
Yes, his most famous book, Grandfather's Journey won a Caldecott Award for illustrations in children's books in 1993. He has illustrated other books than the ones he wrote himself. The Boy of the Three Year Nap won a Caldecott Award in 1988.
There were two Caldecott Honor Books in 2010. All the World illustrated by Marla Frazee and Red Sings from Treetops: A Year in Colors, illustrated by Pamaela Zagarenski.