Chris Van Allsburg - Definition and Overview

Chris Van Allsburg, born June 18, 1949 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is an author and illustrator of children's books. He won the Caldecott Medal for Jumanji (1982) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he wrote and illustrated, and both of which were later adapted into successful motion pictures. He received the Caldecott Honor Medal in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.

He attended art school at the University of Michigan, and received his MFA from Rhode Island School of Design.

Bibliography

• The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
• Jumanji
• Ben's Dream
• The Wreck of the Zephyr
• The Polar Express
• The Stranger
• The Z Was Zapped
• Two Bad Ants
• Swan Lake
• Just a Dream
• The Wretched Stone
• The Widow's Broom
• The Sweetest Fig

• The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
• Bad Day at the Riverbed
• Zathura

External link

Van Allsburg's web site (http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/biography.html)