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	3	THE POLAR EXPRESS
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Plot?  One Christmas Eve, a little boy is too excited to sleep, so he decides to listen for Santa’s bells.  All of a sudden, a magical train pulls up to take him right to the North Pole!  The boy isn’t the only one on this adventure…see what happens to the boy and all of the other children as they have an amazing night with Santa!

 

Age Group?  4-8 years old

 

First Published?  1985

 

Characters?  The little boy, and Santa!

 

Trivia? The book was turned into an Academy Award nominated, animated movie in 2004.

 

More? Chris Van Allsburg also wrote and illustrated the children’s novel Jumanji, among others.

 

Check out a clip from the movie version of "The Polar Express"...

 

17 weeks 2 days 19 hours 53 mins ago, maddie22 said: My grandma and i made a tridition that every X-MAS we read it>

10 weeks 4 days 19 hours 48 mins ago, Lesterroxs said: omg i just love this movie and book

5 weeks 2 days 23 hours 37 mins ago, Wildpaw said: i had a special polar express day in kindergarten! i love this book!