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Chris Van Allsburg
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1949
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.
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About Chris Van Allsburg
Birth
1949
First book
1979
Years writing
47
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.
Chris Van Allsburg is an acclaimed American author and illustrator born in 1949.
His iconic works Jumanji and The Polar Express were successfully adapted into motion pictures.
He has been awarded two prestigious Caldecott Medals for his illustration work.
His career includes the creation of 26 books that explore worlds full of imagination.
In 2012, he received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of Michigan.
