The Resource The stranger, Chris Van Allsburg
The stranger, Chris Van Allsburg
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The item The stranger, Chris Van Allsburg represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.This item is available to borrow from 16 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
Resource Information
The item The stranger, Chris Van Allsburg represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 16 library branches.
This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
- Summary
- The enigmatic origins of the stranger Farmer Bailey hits with his truck and brings home to recuperate seem to have a mysterious relation to the changing season
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 32 unnumbered pages
- Note
- Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American illustrator and writer 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; both 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 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
- Isbn
- 9780395423318
- Label
- The stranger
- Title
- The stranger
- Statement of responsibility
- Chris Van Allsburg
- Subject
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- Autumn
- Autumn -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFantasy
- Fantasy fiction
- trueFarm life
- trueFarmers
- Fiction
- trueJack Frost (Legendary character)
- Juvenile works
- Picture books
- Picture books for children
- Seasons
- Seasons -- Juvenile fiction
- trueStrangers
- Weather
- Weather -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSeasons
- trueAccidents
- trueAmnesia
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The enigmatic origins of the stranger Farmer Bailey hits with his truck and brings home to recuperate seem to have a mysterious relation to the changing season
- Award
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- Kentucky Bluegrass Award for Grades 4-8, 1990.
- New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Books: 1986
- Awards note
- Kentucky Bluegrass Award
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 115696
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Van Allsburg, Chris
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
- 640
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
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- LG
- 3-5
- LC call number
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- PZ7.V266
- PS3572.A41367
- LC item number
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- St 1986
- S77 1986
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 1
- 2
- Reading level
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- 3.7
- 3.5
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Study program name
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- Accelerated Reader AR
- Reading Counts RC
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Autumn
- Weather
- Seasons
- Fantasy
- Autumn
- Seasons
- Weather
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- The stranger, Chris Van Allsburg
- Note
- Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American illustrator and writer 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; both 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 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
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm13861072
- Dimensions
- 24 x 28 cm
- Extent
- 32 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9780395423318
- Lccn
- 86015235
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)13861072
- Label
- The stranger, Chris Van Allsburg
- Note
- Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American illustrator and writer 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; both 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 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
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- ocm13861072
- Dimensions
- 24 x 28 cm
- Extent
- 32 unnumbered pages
- Isbn
- 9780395423318
- Lccn
- 86015235
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)13861072
Subject
- Autumn
- Autumn -- Juvenile fiction
- trueFantasy
- Fantasy fiction
- trueFarm life
- trueFarmers
- Fiction
- trueJack Frost (Legendary character)
- Juvenile works
- Picture books
- Picture books for children
- Seasons
- Seasons -- Juvenile fiction
- trueStrangers
- Weather
- Weather -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSeasons
- trueAccidents
- trueAmnesia
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