He attended graduate school at the Rhode Island School of Design and received his M.EA. The simple truth of the story is perceptively conveyed through a felicitous blend of pictures and narrative the combination radiates with childlike wonder while reverberating with mysterious intensity.īorn in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Van Allsburg received his B.EA. The story appeals because Van Allsburg touches a universal chord -faith. Rich pastel illustrations, in blues and purples, are accompanied by a narrative that achieves an exceptional sense of story. Its sound can be heard only by those who believe in the impossible-that is, in Santa Claus. The story chronicles the adventures of a boy who boards the Polar Express, travels to the North Pole, meets Santa Claus, and is given a silver bell. It won the Caldecott Medal for illustration, appeared on the New York Times best seller list, sold more than a million copies in its first five years of publication, and achieved the status of a contemporary classic.
The Polar Express, immediately taken to heart by children and adults alike, was a phenomenon in children’s publishing. The publication and subsequent success of Chris Van Allsburgs The Polar Express (1985) clearly established the illustrator-author as one of the premier creators of picture books in twentieth-century children’s literature.
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