Ben's Dream
By: Chris Van Allsburg
Illustrated By: Chris Van Allsburg
Stock No: WW320844
Ben's Dream - By: Chris Van Allsburg Illustrated By: Chris Van Allsburg
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Ben's Dream

By: Chris Van Allsburg
Illustrated By: Chris Van Allsburg
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt / 1988 / Hardcover
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Ben's dream began as the steady rhythm of the rain lulled him into drowsiness when he should have been studying for a geography test on great monuments of the world. But just as Ben was dropping off to sleep, a flood of waters shook his house from its very foundation and set it adrift on a round-the-world course, leading Ben past the incredible structures that had merely been pictures on the pages of his book a moment earlier. But as the reader, along with Ben, observes the monuments from this unique perspective, details within Chris Van Allsburg's artwork soon reveal themselves to be clues to another structure of meaning within the story. Which is real and which is an illusion? That is for the clever reader to decipher from this beguiling book be an award-winning author.

Product Information

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Title: Ben's Dream
By: Chris Van Allsburg
Illustrated By: Chris Van Allsburg
Format: Hardcover
Vendor: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date: 1988
Weight: 14 ounces
ISBN: 0395320844
ISBN-13: 9780395320846
Ages: 5-8
Stock No: WW320844

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On a terrifically rainy day, Ben has a dream in which he and his house float by the monuments of the world, half submerged in flood-water.

Author Bio

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Chris Van Allsburg is one of America’s most innovative picture book creators. He was awarded the Caldecott Medal for Jumanji and The Polar Express and received a Caldecott Honor for his very first book, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. He has received the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement in children’s literature, a National Book Award, and a Society of Illustrators Lifetime Achievement Award, among other honors. He lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Visit him at chrisvanallsburg.com.

Chris Van Allsburg is one of America’s most innovative picture book creators. He was awarded the Caldecott Medal for Jumanji and The Polar Express and received a Caldecott Honor for his very first book, The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. He has received the Regina Medal for lifetime achievement in children’s literature, a National Book Award, and a Society of Illustrators Lifetime Achievement Award, among other honors. He lives outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Visit him at chrisvanallsburg.com.

Editorial Reviews

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"A marvelous series of double-page black and white pictures meticulously textured with hatching . . . a visual tour de force." Horn Book Guide

"The story idea, so economically carried out in the text, is illustrated in the artist's meticulous drawings, marvels of symbolism, reality, imagination, and perspective." Publishers Weekly —

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