The Polar Express By Chris Van Allsburg
The Polar Express was written by Chris Van Allsburg. It won the Caldecott Award in 1986. The book is considered under the fantasy genre. Through the imagination and belief of a child one could think of it as realism. It could also be a myth. A boy’s wild adventure on a mystical train in the middle of the night is, to ones that believe, completely realistic but to the ones that has lost their virtue it is impossible and a fantasy. The genre is considered a fantasy while at the North Pole but moves into mythical as the story goes on. Santa Clause is one of the characters and is considered a mythical figure, and the part that he is in would also be mythical. The story takes place at the boy’s home, then on The Polar Express, and the North Pole.
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This allows the reader to read as if they are the narrator. It lets the reader hear the words and view the illustration with the chance to imagine what is happening in the picture. On the front of the book the text looks like it is Times New Roman. The font size is too small to fill the space but it describes the illustrations than just telling the story. The Polar Express is a fantastic book. The language that Allsburg used is perfect. The way the similes and text painting is done makes the text even more vivid where the illustrations don’t. The language fits perfect with the perspective, and the descriptions of the things the children thought of. The style if writing is a little sophisticated through the boy’s viewpoint. Overall the descriptions are what made the text more appealing. This book I would not only just recommend to children but adults should also read it. The author does a fantastic job with the theme and makes you want to believe. This is a great Christmas book! AS readers we see the adventure that the boy goes through and most can relate. Children go through a stage in their life where they don’t know whether or not they should believe especially when it comes to Santa Claus. I believe it is important for every child going through this stage to read this book and know that it is okay to still believe. Even if they decide that they don’t believe it is still a great book to read. This subject could be tricky to some young reader’s because of the questions of why don’t people
This allows the reader to read as if they are the narrator. It lets the reader hear the words and view the illustration with the chance to imagine what is happening in the picture. On the front of the book the text looks like it is Times New Roman. The font size is too small to fill the space but it describes the illustrations than just telling the story. The Polar Express is a fantastic book. The language that Allsburg used is perfect. The way the similes and text painting is done makes the text even more vivid where the illustrations don’t. The language fits perfect with the perspective, and the descriptions of the things the children thought of. The style if writing is a little sophisticated through the boy’s viewpoint. Overall the descriptions are what made the text more appealing. This book I would not only just recommend to children but adults should also read it. The author does a fantastic job with the theme and makes you want to believe. This is a great Christmas book! AS readers we see the adventure that the boy goes through and most can relate. Children go through a stage in their life where they don’t know whether or not they should believe especially when it comes to Santa Claus. I believe it is important for every child going through this stage to read this book and know that it is okay to still believe. Even if they decide that they don’t believe it is still a great book to read. This subject could be tricky to some young reader’s because of the questions of why don’t people