Chris Van Allsburg - The Polar Express: Gift Set

Pros: gorgeous illustrations

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

The Bottom Line: The book trumps the movie.

Review: 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.

The Bottom Line: My pick for the best Christmas book of all time. Share it with your children this Christmas.

Review: 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...

Review: 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!

Review: 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: A great bedtime story, perfect gift, gives Christmas a new spin.

Cons: Doesn't come in board books.

The Bottom Line: "The Polar Express" is one of the sweetest Christmas stories I have ever heard. It's a perfect gift for the season.

Review: "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: Beautifully written and illustrated, wonderful story of Christmas spirit

Cons: none

The Bottom Line: A truly beautiful Christmas book that will become a tradition in your house too.

Review: 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: Beautiful artwork, wonderful story.

Cons: I wish the story could be longer.

Review: 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

Review: 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

Review: "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: Great Story

Cons: None

Review: 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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