Deze auteur verkent de wereld van kindertijd en fantasie, vaak met een vleugje mysterie en ongebruikelijke perspectieven. Zijn werken kenmerken zich door een unieke visuele verbeelding en een vermogen om de essentie van de kinderwereld vast te leggen, met een focus op thema's als verwondering, ontdekking en verborgen dimensies van de werkelijkheid. De stukken zijn visueel boeiend en roepen een gevoel van ontzag op.
Late one Christmas Eve, a boy boards a mysterious train that waits for him:
the Polar Express bound for the North Pole. When he arrives, Santa offers him
any gift he desires. The boy modestly asks for one bell from the reindeer's
harness. It turns out to be a very special gift, for only believers in Santa
can hear it ring. Liam Neeson's gravitas lends the story just the right sense
of magic and possibility in the book and CD edition.
"His disappearance is not the only mystery left behind. What were the stories that went with these drawings? There are some clues..." Who is Harris Burdick? Where did he disappear to? And how was he going to finish his stories? Chris Van Allsburg presents a series of loosely related drawings each accompanied by a title and a caption which the reader may use to make up his or her own story.
On Christmas Eve, a boy boards the mysterious Polar Express to the North Pole, where Santa offers him any gift. He chooses a bell from the reindeer's harness, which is special because only true believers in Santa can hear it ring.
Acclaimed author Chris Van Allsburg’s daring companion to Caldecott-award winning Jumanji—a tale of intergalactic adventure and sibling rivalry where a roll the dice transports two brothers to the mythical land of Zathura.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.The first book in seven years by Chris Van Allsburg, Zathura is a dramatic adventure that promises a breathtaking and unforgettable experience. At the story's end which becomes, miraculously, the beginning, we find that Walter's feelings for his little brother are greatly altered.Only the mind and hand of Chris Van Allsburg’s could create this fantastic world where shifts in time and space and perspective take the reader on such an extraordinary journey. In double spread illustrations that shimmer against the surreal events of the story, readers will be holding their breath with each new threat the boys face in the satisfying enigma that is Zathura.
Jumanji is a strange and dangerous game - players must finish the game before it finishes them. Peter and Judy find the Jumanji game hidden in the attic and start to play, and then the adventures really begin.
