The Stranger

Chris Van Allsburg

Hardcover

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Winner:Kentucky Bluegrass Award -Grades 4-8 (1990)

The enigmatic origins of the stranger that Farmer Bailey hits with his truck and brings home to recuperate seem to have a mysterious relation to the weather. Could he be Jack Frost? "The author-illustrator has woven a thread of fantasy in and around his realistic illustrations to give the reader, once again, a story that stays in the imagination." -- Horn Book

Book Details

Publisher: Clarion Books
Publish Date: Oct 28th, 1986
Pages: 32
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.30in - 11.00in - 0.40in - 0.95lb
EAN: 9780395423318
Recommended age: 04-07
Categories: • Fantasy - General• Science & Nature - Weather• Mysteries & Detective Stories

About the Author

Van Allsburg, Chris: -

Chris Van Allsburg is one of America's most innovative picture book creators. He was awarded the Caldecott Medal for Jumanji and The Polar Express and received a Caldecott Honor for his very first book, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. He has received the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement in children's literature, a National Book Award, and a Society of Illustrators Original Art Lifetime Achievement Award, among other honors. He lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Visit him at chrisvanallsburg.com.

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Praise for this book

"The author-illustrator has woven a thread of fantasy in and around his realistic illustrations to give the reader, once again, a story that stays in the imagination." Horn Book

"The author-illustrator has woven a thread of fantasy in and around his realistic illustrations to give the reader, once again, a story that stays in the imagination." Horn Book Guide --