The stranger /
Van Allsburg, Chris,
The stranger / Chris Van Allsburg. - 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote; both were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator he was 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012.
The enigmatic origins of the stranger Farmer Bailey hits with his truck and brings home to recuperate seem to have a mysterious relation to the changing season.
640 Lexile.
Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 1990
0395423317 9780395423318 0758737149 9780758737144 0329044699 9780329044695
86015235
Autumn--Juvenile fiction.
Weather--Juvenile fiction.
Seasons--Juvenile fiction.
Autumn--Fiction.
Picture books.
Fantasy fiction.
The stranger / Chris Van Allsburg. - 32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm
Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American illustrator and writer of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote; both were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator he was 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012.
The enigmatic origins of the stranger Farmer Bailey hits with his truck and brings home to recuperate seem to have a mysterious relation to the changing season.
640 Lexile.
Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 1990
0395423317 9780395423318 0758737149 9780758737144 0329044699 9780329044695
86015235
Autumn--Juvenile fiction.
Weather--Juvenile fiction.
Seasons--Juvenile fiction.
Autumn--Fiction.
Picture books.
Fantasy fiction.