Author
Chris Van Allsburg
Photo: Tim Pierce, Wikimedia CommonsChris Van Allsburg has 12 books in the Readimo catalogue, among them The Polar Express Gift Set, Jumanji, Two Bad Ants. Open any book to see how long it takes to read, then track your own reading of it.
About Chris Van Allsburg
Chris Van Allsburg is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote, and were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator, he was a 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial International Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012.
