Which books by Chris Van Allsburg can I find here?

This page currently brings together 25 catalogue works, including Jumanji, The Polar Express Gift Set, Two Bad Ants. This is a selection from our catalogue, not necessarily a complete bibliography. Open a work to compare editions and reviews.

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Chris Van Allsburg

Born 1949

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 a 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.

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Which books by Chris Van Allsburg can I find here?: This page currently brings together 25 catalogue works, including Jumanji, The Polar Express Gift Set, Two Bad Ants. This is a selection from our catalogue, not necessarily a complete bibliography. Open a work to compare editions and reviews.
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How are these books ordered?: The list uses catalogue reading-popularity data to put widely read works first. That is a discovery aid, not a claim that the first result is the author's best book or a recommended reading order.
Where should I check a particular edition or translation?: Open the book's catalogue page and compare publisher, year, format, language and ISBN. Different editions of the same work can have different translators, introductions and page counts.