The Misadventures of Sweetie Pie
Chris Van Allsburg's newest book is now available at bookstores everywhere.
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi (1979)
ISBN: 9780395278048
Sometimes that very thin line between illusion and reality is not as clearly defined, as we would like it to be. It certainly wasn't the day that Alan Mitz stumbled into the garden of Abdul Gasazi. For in this bizarre and eerie place—where strange topiary trees loomed—the evil visage of Gasazi casts its shadow. And even after Alan escaped, the spell of Gasazi still seemed to penetrate into his everyday world. In this extraordinary, unusual, and unique picture book, Chris Van Allsburg explores both the real and surreal worlds with incredible deftness. In doing so, he has created exquisite and beautiful images that will continue to haunt readers long after they have left the enchanted garden of Abdul Gasazi.
AWARDS:
ALA Notable Children's Book
Caldecott Honor Book
1980 Horn Book Fanfare Selection
Reading Rainbow Review Book
Boston Globe - Horn Book Award
New York Times Best Illustrated Children
Jumanji (1981)
ISBN: 9780547608389
A 30th anniversary gift edition to celebrate the magic of Jumanji!
Thirty years ago, Peter and Judy first found the game—Jumanji—with the instructions that once the game is started, it must be finished or it will go on forever—and thirty years ago, with this same wonderment, readers found Jumanji, too.
Since its original publication, Jumanji has been honored with many awards, including the Caldecott Medal, and in 1996, the surreal story was adapted to fit the big screen.
This special anniversary edition of Jumanji contains a CD of the renowned actor Robin Williams reading the timeless tale.
AWARDS:
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
ALA Notable Children's Book
Horn Book Fanfare Selection
IRA-CBC Children's Choice
Reading Rainbow Review Book
Caldecott Medal Book 1982
New York Times Best Illustrated Children
Booklist Editors Choice
NYPL Great Children's Books Pick 2013
Ben's Dream (1982)
ISBN: 9780395320846
On a terrifically rainy day, Ben has a dream in which he and his house float by the monuments of the world, half submerged in flood-water.
The Wreck of the Zephyr (1983)
ISBN: 9780544050051
In 1983, beloved Caldecott-winning illustrator, Chris Van Allsburg, first invited readers to peer over the edge of a cliff to consider the wreck of a small sailboat. Had a churning sea carried the Zephyr up in a storm? Could waves ever have been so impossibly high? And what of the boy who had believed—dared to chase the wind—no matter where it lead?
Now, thirty years later, the winds have shifted once again and you’re invited back to the wreck of the Zephyr, to hear the story of the boy and his obsession to become the world’s greatest sailor, and a storm that carried them to a place where boats sail on the wind, instead of on the water.
Told in spare text and haunting, full-color pastels, Chris Van Allsburg’s spectral sailboats once again take impossbile flight. In illustrations so vivid one can feel the whisper of wind and hear the flutter of canvas, depart this world for another to entertain the marvelous possibility of dreams. This 30th anniversary gift edition includes a bonus digital audio file to download, read by Chris Van Allsburg, and a stunning new jacket!
AWARDS
ALA Notable Children's Book
IRA Teachers' Choice
New York Times Best Illustrated Children
Booklist Editors Choice
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (1984)
ISBN: 9780395353936
Fourteen black-and-white drawings, each accompanied by a title and a caption, entice readers to make up his or her own story.
AWARDS
ALA Notable Children's Book
Horn Book Fanfare Selection
Boston Globe - Horn Book Award
New York Times Best Illustrated Children
Booklist Editors Choice
The Polar Express (1985)
ISBN: 978-0-395-38949-2
One Christmas Eve many years ago, a boy lies in bed, listening hard for the bells of Santa’s sleigh, which he has been told by a friend do not exist. Later that night he hears not bells but a very different sound. He looks out his window and is astounded to see a steam engine parked in front of his house! The conductor invites him to board the Polar Express, a train filled with children on their way to the North Pole.
The train takes the children to the center of the city, where Santa and the elves have gathered for the giving of the first gift of Christmas. The boy is chosen to receive this first gift. Knowing that he can choose anything in the world, he decides on a simple gift: one silver bell from Santa’s sleigh. Santa cuts a bell from a reindeer’s harness and the delighted boy slips it into his bathrobe pocket as the clock strikes midnight and the reindeer pull the sleigh into the sky.
When the children return to the train, the boy realizes the bell has fallen through a hole in his pocket. Heartbroken, he is returned to his home. In the morning, his little sister finds one small box with the boy’s name on it among the presents. Inside is the silver bell! The boy and his sister are enchanted by its beautiful sound, but their parents cannot hear it. The boy continues to believe in the spirit of Christmas and is able to hear the sweet ringing of the bell even as an adult.
For twenty-five years, The Polar Express has been a treasured holiday classic. To commemorate this special anniversary, a lavish gift edition has been created. The set includes a silver foil border, a CD audio recording read by Liam Neeson, a note from Chris Van Allsburg, and a paper keepsake ornament.
For more information, including games, activities, and a countdown calendar, visit: www.polarexpress.com!
AWARDS:
ALA Notable Children's Book
Horn Book Fanfare Selection
Reading Rainbow Review Book
Caldecott Medal Book 1986
New York Times Best Illustrated Children
Booklist Editors Choice
The Stranger (1986)
ISBN: 9780395423318
The enigmatic origins of the stranger that Farmer Bailey hits with his truck and brings home to recuperate seem to have a mysterious relation to the weather. Could he be Jack Frost?
AWARDS:
Horn Book Fanfare Selection
New York Times Best Illustrated Children
The Z Was Zapped (1987)
ISBN: 9780395446126
A dramatic black-and-white presentation of the alphabet in which the three-time Caldecott medalist depicts a mysterious transformation of each letter.
AWARDS:
ALA Notable Children's Book
Booklist Editors Choice
Two Bad Ants (1988)
ISBN: 9780395486689
The three-time Caldecott medalist tells the tale of two ants who decide to leave the safety of the others to venture into a danger-laden kitchen.
AWARDS:
IRA-CBC Children's Choice
Just a Dream (1990)
ISBN: 9780544422834
This 25th anniversary edition celebrates two-time Caldecott-winning Chris Van Allsburg's eco-friendly, timeless picture book Just a Dream: a fantastic journey to the future that teaches one boy the importance of being good to his planet in the present. This timely environmental story includes a bonus digital audio file to download, read by the author himself.
The Wretched Stone (1991)
ISBN: 9780395533079
In a story recounted through the daily log of Captain Allan Hope, the sailors aboard the Rita Anne become mesmerized and transformed by a mysterious glowing rock, and only music and books can restore them to normal.
AWARDS:
IRA-CBC Children's Choice
Reading Rainbow Review Book
The Widow's Broom (1992)
ISBN: 9780395640517
A widow finds herself in possession of an extraordinary broom left by a witch who fell into the widow's garden.
AWARDS:
School Library Journal Best Book of the
ALA Notable Children's Book
Bulletin Blue Ribbon Book
Horn Book Fanfare Selection
IRA-CBC Children's Choice
Iowa Children's Choice Award 1997
Booklist Editors Choice
The Sweetest Fig (1993)
ISBN: 9780395673461
"These figs are very special," the woman whispered. "They can make your dreams come true." — Thus Monsieur Bibot, the cold-hearted dentist, was given two ordinary-looking figs as payment for extracting a tooth from an old woman's mouth. Monsieur Bibot refused to believe such nonsense and proceeded to eat one of the figs for a bedtime snack. Although it was possibly the finest, sweetest fig he had ever tasted, it wasn't until the next morning that Monsieur Bibot realized it indeed had the power to make his dreams come true. While dragging his poor dog, Marcel, out for his walk, he discovered that his strange dream from the night before was becoming all too real. Determined to make good use of the second fig, Monsieur Bibot learns to control is dreams. But can he control Marcel? Once again Chris Van Allsburg explores the mysterious territory between fantasy and reality in an uncanny tale that will intrigue readers of all ages.
AWARDS:
School Library Journal Best Book of the Year
ALA Notable Children's Book
Booklist Editors Choice
Bad Day at Riverbend (1995)
ISBN: 9780395673478
Riverbend was a quiet little town, the kind of place where one day was just like all the rest and nothing ever happened. Occasionally the stagecoach rolled through, but it never stopped, because no one ever came to Riverbend and no one ever left. The day the stagecoach stood motionless in the center of town, Sheriff Ned Hardy knew something was terribly wrong. What was the mysterious substance on both coach and horses? It would not come off. Soon it was everywhere in the tidy little village. Something had to be done, and Sheriff Hardy aimed to do it.
AWARDS:
ALA Notable Children's Book
Colorado Children's Book Award [Colorado] 1998
Volunteer State Book Award [Tennessee] 1997
Zathura (2002)
ISBN: 9780618253968
On the last page of the Caldecott-winning book Jumanji, young Danny Budwing is seen running after his brother, Walter, with a game tucked under his arm. Now after twenty years, Chris Van Allsburg is ready to reveal what happens when Danny and Walter roll the dice. This time the name of the game is Zathura and the battling Budwing boys are in for the ride of their lives.
Zathura unleashes intergalactic challenges that require even the quarreling Budwing brothers to work as a team.
Probuditi! (2006)
ISBN: 9780618755028
For his birthday, Calvin’s mother gives him two tickets to see Lomax the Magnificent (magician and hypnotist extraordinaire!). Even though Mama hints that his little sister, Trudy, would love to go, Calvin doesn’t hesitate to invite his friend Rodney instead.
The boys return home greatly impressed by the magician’s performance. When Calvin’s mother goes out, she leaves him in charge of Trudy. It’s a job Calvin dislikes because his sister does not want to be left out of anything. So Calvin and Rodney include her—by making her the first subject for their own hypnotizing machine.
Much to the boys’ surprise, the machine works. But unfortunately they cannot undo what they have done. Trudy is stuck in her trance, convinced she is a dog—panting, drooling, and barking at squirrels. The only problem is, Calvin can’t remember Lomax’s magic word—Probuditi!—so Trudy won’t snap out of it!
The boys are worried and decide to take Trudy to the one man they know can solve their problem—but will Lomax help them? Mama is on her way home . . . Who will have the last laugh?
AWARDS:
New York Times Bestseller 2006
Queen of the Falls (2011)
ISBN: 9780547315812
She could remember standing in a park near the falls, hypnotized by the sight and sound, and holding her father’s hand as they took a walk that would lead them closer.
That’s what everyone wonders when they see Niagara… How close will their courage let them get to it?
At the turn of the nineteenth century, a retired sixty-two-year-old charm school instructor named Annie Edson Taylor, seeking fame and fortune, decided to do something that no one in the world had ever done before—she would go over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel.
Come meet the Queen of the Falls and witness with your own eyes her daring ride!
AWARDS:
CCBC Choices 2012
New York Times Notable Book
The Misadventures of Sweetie Pie (2014)
ISBN: 9780547315829
From two-time Caldecott winner Chris Van Allsburg, creator of Jumanji and The Polar Express, comes a poignant story of one hamster’s struggle with destiny. Being a pet store hamster isn’t much fun for Sweetie Pie, but life in human homes proves downright perilous. As Sweetie Pie longingly gazes out of his cage at the squirrels frolicking in the trees, he wonders if he’ll ever have the chance to feel the wind in his fur. Allsburg’s expressive, soft-hued illustrations artfully capture a hamster’s-eye view of the wide and wonderful world where maybe, just maybe, Sweetie Pie could someday run free.
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