Authors and Illustrators Database

Chris Van Allsburg

Born: 1949  Grand Rapids
Parents: Richard and Doris Christiansen Van Allsburg
Spouse: Lisa Morrison
Children: Sophia; Anna
Address(es):
Beverly, MA
Contact Information:
Website: http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/home.html

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The misadventures of Sweetie Pie Fiction, Picture Book Children Boston ;New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015
Queen of the Falls
- Recounts the stunt performed by sixty-two-year-old retired charm school instructor Annie Edson Taylor, who went over Niagara Falls in a wooden barrel in an effort to gain fame and fortune.
Non Fiction, Adventure, Biography, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt for Children 2010
Probuditi! Fiction, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 2006
Zathura : a space adventure Fiction, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 2002
Bad Day at Riverbend Fiction, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1995
The sweetest fig Fiction, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1993
The Widow's Broom Fiction, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1992
4 Strange Stories
- Collection of stories: 2 by Chris Van Allsburg, 2 by Tim Wynne Jones.
Fiction Children Houghton Mifflin Canada 1992
The Wretched Stone Fiction, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1991
Just a Dream
- (Publication Years: 1990; Scholastic, 1992)
Fiction, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1990-1992
El Expreso Polar
- Spanish version of The Polar Express (Publication Years: 1990, 1991)
Fiction Children Edicones Ekar 1990
Swan Lake
- Illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg. Author, Mark Helprin.
Fiction Adult, Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1989
Division Fiction Children New York : Random House 1988
Two Bad Ants Fiction, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1988
The Alphabet Theatre Proudly Presents the Z Was Zapped: A Play in Twenty-Six Acts
- Spoken Arts 1988
Fiction, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1987
The Stranger Fiction, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1986
The Polar Express
- National Braille , 1991; Listening Library 1989; Random House 1988; and others (Publication Years: 1985, 1989)
Fiction Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1985-1989
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick Fiction, Mystery, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1984
The Wreck of the Zephyr Fantasy, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1983
Ben's Dream Fantasy, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin 1982
L'Ecole des Loisirs
- Article
Children 1982
Jumanji Fiction, Fantasy, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company 1981
The Garden of Abdul Gasazi Fiction, Fantasy, Picture Book Children Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company 1979
Other works:
- Many adaptations on cassettes, filmstrips
Children
What is the aim or goal of your writing: born 6/18/1949

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Illustrator

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in Creative Writing (Poetry) Warren Wilson College Swannanoa, NC 1989-1991

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Teacher Rhode Island School of Design Rhode Island 1977
Artist
-  Works exhibited at: Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York; Work also exhibited at Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Alan Stone Gallery, New York, New York, others

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