Enjoy a Christmas reading experience!
The Polar Express: by Chris Van Allsburg
The Polar Express
The Polar Express is a 1985 fantasy children’s picture book written and illustrated by American author Chris Van Allsburg. The book is now widely considered to be a classic Christmas story for young children. It was praised for its detailed illustrations and calm, relaxing storyline. For the work, Van Allsburg won the annual Caldecott Medal for illustration of an American children’s picture book in 1986.
The book is set partially in Grand Rapids, Michigan, the author’s home town, and was inspired in part by Van Allsburg’s memories of visiting the Herpolsheimer’s and Wurzburg’s department stores as a child. It was adapted as a motion-capture film in 2004 starring Tom Hanks and directed by Robert Zemeckis. 
If you want to read this book now and can’t order it, our library will gladly loan it to you.
Simply come by the church during office hours and we can leave the book out for you to pick up
or walk right into McCabe/Kesler Library and pick and choose!
OR
Check out books via our New Online Database (Contact our Church Librarian Dottie Lewis if you have any questions)