The Polar Express: and 4 more stories
Adventure stories, Animal stories, Fantasy, Ghost and horror stories, Holiday fiction, Movie and television tie-ins
Human-narrated audio
Summary
One Christmas Eve, a young boy rides on the magical Polar Express to the North Pole, to receive a gift from Santa himself. Grades K-3. 1985. Taped with: The sweetest fig by Chris van Allsburg. A nasty dentist doesn't believe… that two figs can make his dreams come true. Grades K-3. 1993. Taped with: Two bad ants by Chris Van Allsburg. Two ants, in a group looking for food for their Queen, stay behind and experience a terrible ordeal. Grades K-3. 1988. Taped with: The widow's broom by Chris Van Allsburg. A witch's worn-out broom serves an old widow well, until her neighbours decide that it is wicked and dangerous. Grades K-3. 1992. Taped with: The wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg. An old sailor tells the tale of a boy who wanted to be the greatest sailor in the world so badly, he even learned how to sail on the wind. Grades K-3. 1983.