Today, we read The Stranger by Chris Van Allsburg. Read more about the author and let us know what you found interesting. What is your favourite book by this author? HINT: Always back up a "claim" with "evidence" !
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Mrs. Perry
11/4/2013 07:30:48 pm
No problem Roy!
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Avery
11/4/2013 06:56:08 am
I liked the web site,it was cool! There were games that you can play. I read one of his books and saw the movie The Polar Express .
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Mrs. Perry
11/4/2013 07:31:31 pm
We'll read that one at Christmas! Great movie and book.
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Hillary
11/4/2013 06:58:50 am
I learned that Chris Van Allsburg grew up in this tiny little old shack
and when he was about 3 years old, than he moved to a house that was not far from a quiet pond. Than he moved one more time
and it was a mile and a half away from the high school he went to.
Than when he grew up he started writing books. Than he started win awords and than he became this author that writes books for kids and is a pretty popular author. what I found interesting was that he was this this little guy living in a little house, than turning in to this awesome author writing books for children!!!
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Mrs. Perry
11/4/2013 07:32:08 pm
You never know what a child will grow up to be!!
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Roy
11/5/2013 05:51:20 am
I liked Zathura the most because I seen the movie and it's AWESOME!!!!!! But you might not like it because it has alot of violence and some parts are pretty scary!!
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Mrs. Perry
11/5/2013 07:52:11 am
I haven't seen the movie. I'll have to check it out!
the widow broom becase it had such a good ending i like the part where the old women teached the broom to do work.
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Jackie
11/5/2013 06:10:29 am
My favorite book by Chris Van allsburg is "Just a Dream".I like it because it is interesting how he dreams up random places like the sky a junkyard and a tree.
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Mrs. Perry
11/5/2013 07:52:59 am
I haven't read that one. Thanks for the recommendation.
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Kyle M.
11/5/2013 06:20:19 am
My favorite book from allsburgs collection was the stranger. It was because at the end it stil does'nt really tell you who the stranger is. So i like that he did that so we can make up who the stranger was
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Mrs. Perry
11/5/2013 07:53:35 am
Are there enough clues for you to determine who the stranger is?
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Ashleigh
11/5/2013 07:38:03 am
I've read 3 books; The Widows Broom, The Stranger, and Just a Dream. My favourite was Just a Dream. First, there was a bit of an adventure.Also, it traveled to the future, which was cool! Finally it had a good message: protect the environment.
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Myah
11/6/2013 10:06:22 am
I read Just A Dream too!
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Brianna
11/5/2013 08:24:03 am
My favorite book he rote is ''The Widow's Broom''. I really like how in his books they have a bite of mistery so you have to read the holl book in horder to know what happend. For example in ''The Widow's Broom'' it said the niebors got ride of the wiches of old broom but, really it was the widow's old broom and you had to wait to the end to find that out.
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Maggie
11/5/2013 08:49:25 am
I found that the second question was interesting because I have never really thought that that was why Chris Van Allsburg got his ideas from "real life." My favorite book from this author is"The Stranger because I think it is really cool how the author still made it a secret on who the stranger was. But he still made good hints.
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Serena
11/5/2013 08:56:30 am
I don't think I have read any other CHRIS VAN ALLSBURG books but my favourite book that we have read was the stranger.
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Donovan
11/5/2013 11:23:12 am
The only book I read by this author was The Stranger. I learned that Chris writes his story before he draws his pictures.
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Guojia
11/6/2013 10:01:13 am
I don't have a favorite
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Myah
11/6/2013 10:05:07 am
Hi! My favorite Chris Van Allsburg book is The Widow's Broom because it's mysterious and the drawings are fabulous! His work is amazing!
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Guojia
11/6/2013 10:05:24 am
Chris Van Allsburg married Lisa Morrison who became a teacher
Evidence:http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/biography.html
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Isabella
11/7/2013 09:57:29 am
My favorite book is Just a Dream, because in the book Chris Vanallsburg makes the character appear in different paces.
We rasd trhat book with mrs kotylak