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Cover of The Polar Express

The Polar Express

by Chris Van Allsburg

Picture book · ages 4–8 · 740L (~4th grade) · 32 pages · 2000

Why we'd hand it over

Van Allsburg's most enduring picture book — the prose is literary and the illustrations carry genuine atmosphere; read it aloud to catch the layered melancholy beneath the magic.

Where to get it

Bookshop.org·Find at library

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