Chris Van Allsburg - The Polar Express: Gift Set

Pros: Excellent art and a story that makes one reflect.
Cons: Wrong cover picture on Epinions.

I was watching TV the other night and I saw a trailer for a movie by the name of The Polar Express. I immediately recognized the art work, but did not remember the story. It must have been a "senior moment". I believe I am having more and more of ...

Pros: gorgeous illustrations
Cons: I wouldn't have minded seeing a bit more of the conductor

Last month, I finally watched < b>The Polar Express, the innovative film based on the Christmas classic I'd never read. I wasn't as impressed with the movie as I'd hoped, but I resolved I would soon get my hands on ...

Pros: A classic Christmas story for children of all ages.
Cons: Nothing.

Christmas is just around the corner! Some hearts begin to beat faster and fill with dread at the thought of Christmas shopping, crowds and lack of funds. For me it brings to mind wonderful traditions of Christmases from my childhood and new traditions...

Pros: stunning illustrations and a simple story of chilhood innocence
Cons: not enough people in this world still believe...

For a good while, Christmas had lost it's meaning to me. I had a very rough Christmas where I lost my great-grandmother. I spent Christmas Eve in her hospital room so that she wouldn't have to be alone. Soon after Christmas, she passed away, and...

Pros: Delightful Pictures!
Cons: Not one!

I really hope I have started a yearly ritual with this book!

My daughter received this book from a friend of ours last year at Christmas time. Our friend had been raving about this book, The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg, for weeks!...

Pros: Wonderful illustrations, great Christmas book
Cons: none for me

I have always loved reading, and children's stories in particular. I took a college course in Children's Lit, and loved it. After getting my undergraduate degree in Special Education, I went and got my master's degree in Reading. Children's books have ...

Pros: A great bedtime story, perfect gift, gives Christmas a new spin.
Cons: Doesn't come in board books.

"The Polar Express" is a brilliantly written Christmas book for children of all ages. At a time when so many children are growing up faster than we ever did, childhood has become more precious than ever before. A Christmas story with a different angle...

Pros: Beautiful artwork, wonderful story.
Cons: I wish the story could be longer.

I purchased this book for my children about ten years ago. We were going through a hard time then, and spirits were running low. Plus, some Scrooge had told my son that there was no Santa Claus. This book changed all that and brought back my...

Pros: illustrations, plot
Cons: none

This is the story of a magical Christmas Eve journey for a young boy who still 'believes'. This heartwarming story will bring to memory, the innocent, trusting joy, you experienced as a child. The rich, dark illustrations add to the magical feel of this...

Pros: moving uplifting story, beautiful elegant illustrations
Cons: none

"The Polar Express" is the Christmas book to end all Christmas books. I am just about 20 years old (still young to many of you, I know!), and I am still enamored with this book, which might be evident giving that I am writing about it at the...

Pros: Wonderful story, excellent illustrations
Cons: It's an expensive hard-back you wouldn't want to let your small kids have to eat

When my seven-year-old daughter asks if I believe in Santa Claus, I can honestly answer, "Yes," and this book will make you believe, too!

This is a simple story that children can both understand and relate to. It's the story of a...

Pros: Beautifully written and illustrated, wonderful story of Christmas spirit
Cons: none

With a new reader in our family, my husband and I have a new family tradition - reading Polar Express over and over and over during the Christmas season.

I had heard about this book for years from friends with children and from teachers that I...

Pros: Great Story
Cons: None

I love the Christmas season and all it offers !
I love reading various books to my kids with a "holiday" them, I love playing Christmas music, I love to bake for the neighbors.
I just love the glitz and wonderment of it all.

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Pros: beautiful illustrations; inspiring story
Cons: none

Chris Van Allsburg's stunning illustrations in 'The Polar Express' are just one of the many draws of this fanciful, heart-warming holiday story. Young and young at heart alike will find themselves magically engaged in a train journey northward to...

Pros: An unforgettable story, beautiful pictorial illustrations
Cons: none

"The Polar Express" has always and will probably always continue to be the favorite Christmas story in our household. I stumbled across this book in the bookstore when my daughter was just a baby (nearly 10 years ago)...and we've been reading...