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The actual story didn't live up to the story I'd imagined from the cover - which tends to be the case with Chris Van Allsburg whose illustrations I admire greatly - but reading the 1 star reviews here made the effort worthwhile. How readers can get their knickers in a twist about picturebooks has never ceased to amaze me.
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I asked my mom why I didn't really remember "The Polar Express" from childhood, though I remember reading it to my little brother. She said it came out too late for me, "you were 'The Garden of Abdul Gasazi.'" First of all, props to mom for an insane memory.
Once I picked it up it started coming back to me - really enchanting story. My son is equally enthralled, and likes to try to discover where Fritz the dog has disappeared to, pointing to doorways and forests and saying, "dogo in there!" Wond ...more
Once I picked it up it started coming back to me - really enchanting story. My son is equally enthralled, and likes to try to discover where Fritz the dog has disappeared to, pointing to doorways and forests and saying, "dogo in there!" Wond ...more
Some of the kindergarten kids "got" it, and some didn't.
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Apr 20, 2011
Jill
marked it as to-read
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Clare
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