10 Best picture books books like The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

Cover of The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

The Polar Express

By: Chris Van Allsburg

4.32

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

“Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see.”…

"The bell still rings for all who truly believe"

-Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express

"Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see."

-Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express

"At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I've grown old, the bell still rings for me, as it does for all who truly believe."

-Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express

If you liked the picture books plot in The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith

1. The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

By: Jon Scieszka , Lane Smith

4.32

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

You thought you knew the story of the “The Three Little Pigs”… You thought wrong. In this hysterica… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • kids
  • fantasy
Cover of Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman

2. Are You My Mother?

By: P.D. Eastman

4.21

Format: 64 pages, Paperback

ARE YOU MY MOTHER? tells a very simple story for children who have just started to read. their youn… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • kids
  • juvenile
Cover of The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

3. The Polar Express

By: Chris Van Allsburg

4.32

Format: 32 pages, Hardcover

“Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see.”… read more

Similar categories in Chris Van Allsburg's The Polar Express book and Chris Van Allsburg's The Polar Express

  • classics
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • holiday
  • picture books
  • christmas
  • fiction
  • kids
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"The bell still rings for all who truly believe"

-Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express

"Seeing is believing, but sometimes the most real things in the world are the things we can't see."

-Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express

"At one time, most of my friends could hear the bell, but as years passed, it fell silent for all of them. Even Sarah found one Christmas that she could no longer hear its sweet sound. Though I've gro…"

-Chris Van Allsburg, The Polar Express

Cover of The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister, J. Alison James

4. The Rainbow Fish

By: Marcus Pfister , J. Alison James

2.67

Format: 166 pages, Hardcover

The Rainbow Fishis an international bestseller and a modern classic. Eye-catching foilstamping, gli… read more

Similar categories in Marcus Pfister's The Rainbow Fish book and Chris Van Allsburg's The Polar Express

  • classics
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • kids
  • fantasy
Cover of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, #1) by Judi Barrett, Ron Barrett

5. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, #1)

By: Judi Barrett , Ron Barrett

4.18

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

An imaginative story of amazing food weather that inspired the hit movie, Cloudy with a Chance of M… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • kids
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
Cover of Love You Forever by Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw

6. Love You Forever

By: Robert Munsch , Sheila McGraw

4.29

Format: None pages,

An extraordinarily different story by Robert Munsch is a gentle affirmation of the love a parent fe… read more

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  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction
Cover of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia Bond

7. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

By: Laura Joffe Numeroff , Felicia Bond

4.17

Format: None pages, Hardcover

If a hungry little traveler shows up at your house, you might want to give him a cookie. If you giv… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • fantasy
Cover of Curious George by H.A. Rey

8. Curious George

By: H.A. Rey

3.66

Format: 146 pages, Paperback

The first adventure in this highly popular series tells how the little monkey Curious George, caugh… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • adventure
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • kids
Cover of Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram

9. Guess How Much I Love You

By: Sam McBratney , Anita Jeram

3.10

Format: 151 pages, Board book

"Guess how much I love you," says Little Nutbrown Hare. Little Nutbrown Hare shows his daddy how mu… read more

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  • classics
  • picture books
  • childrens
  • fiction

10. Corduroy

By: Don Freeman

4.72

Format: 64 pages,

Have you ever dreamed of being locked in a department store at night? The endearing story of Cordur… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • picture books
  • fiction
  • kids
  • fantasy

11. Goodnight Moon

By: Margaret Wise Brown , Clement Hurd

3.38

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In a great green room, tucked away in bed, is a little bunny. "Goodnight room, goodnight moon." And… read more

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12. Dr. Seuss's Green Eggs and Ham: For Soprano, Boy Soprano, and Orchestra

By: Dr. Seuss , Robert Kapilow

4.07

Format: None pages,

Study ScoreA children's classic, now available in this version for Soprano, Boy Soprano and Full Or… read more

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13. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

By: Judith Viorst , Ray Cruz

4.26

Format: None pages, Paperback

The perennially popular tale of Alexander's worst day is a storybook that belongs on every child's … read more

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14. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

By: Lois Ehlert , Bill Martin Jr. , John Archambault

3.79

Format: 477 pages, Paperback

The 26 characters in this rhythmic, rhyming baby book are a lowercase alphabet with attitude. "A to… read more

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15. Harold and the Purple Crayon

By: Crockett Johnson

4.50

Format: 60 pages, Hardcover

"One night, after thinking it over for some time, Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight.… read more

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16. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

By: Eric Carle , Bill Martin Jr.

4.11

Format: None pages,

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a children's picture book published in 1967. Written an… read more

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17. Where the Wild Things Are

By: Maurice Sendak

3.00

Format: 81 pages, Paperback

One night Max puts on his wolf suit and makes mischief of one kind and another, so his mother calls… read more

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18. Madeline

By: Ludwig Bemelmans

4.00

Format: 112 pages,

Madeline is one of the best-loved characters in children's literature. Set in picturesque Paris, th… read more

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19. Stellaluna

By: Janell Cannon

3.62

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Stellalunais the tender story of a lost young bat who finally finds her way safely home to her moth… read more

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20. The Snowy Day

By: Ezra Jack Keats

3.33

Format: 300 pages, Paperback

Winner of the 1963 Caldecott Medal! No book has captured the magic and sense of possibility of the … read more

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Cover of Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White, Garth Williams, Rosemary Wells

21. Charlotte’s Web

By: E.B. White , Garth Williams , Rosemary Wells

4.20

Format: 184 pages, Paperback

This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic… read more

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  • classics
  • childrens
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • juvenile
"Don't write about Man; write about a man."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"We take to the breeze, we go as we please."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"With the right words you can change the world."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

"I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it."

-E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

11 best-selling fiction books like The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg

Transform Your Habits

The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs

Jon Scieszka , Lane Smith

4.32

Transform Your Habits

Are You My Mother?

P.D. Eastman

4.21

Transform Your Habits

The Polar Express

Chris Van Allsburg

4.32

Transform Your Habits

The Rainbow Fish

Marcus Pfister , J. Alison James

2.67

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Transform Your Habits

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Eric Carle

4.33

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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Laura Joffe Numeroff , Felicia Bond

4.17

Transform Your Habits

Green Eggs and Ham

Dr. Seuss

4.00

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Matilda

Roald Dahl , Quentin Blake

4.33

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