read, The Polar Express and Two Bad Ants, dealt with faith in very different ways. In the book The Polar Express, a boy gets to meet Santa Claus and is given the first gift of Christmas. He maintains his faith throughout his lifetime going along with the popular saying that seeing is believing. All the while, his siblings and then, in the future, his own children lose their faith in Santa Claus. The book Two Bad Ants tells a story of two ants that decide that life in the anthill is not the life that they want. They try living in a kitchen, which seems to be an ant paradise, only to find them in a load of trouble everywhere they went. In the end, the two ants learned that they needed to keep their faith in the colony that they belonged to because they knew what was best for all of them. I enjoyed reading all of his books. His writing style, accompanied with the talented illustrations, makes for a great book. These are the types of books that a child would want to read over and over again. They are also appealing to adults, which would allow for a parent to spend some quality time reading with their children. I believe that Chris Van Allsburg was born with his incredible imagination. Through his drawings and through the courses he took in college he found his true passion. If werent for that chance meeting with his wifes friend he might have never had the chance or the desire to write storybooks for children. Chris Van Allsburg StorybooksThe Garden of Abdul Gasazi, 1979Just a Dream, 1990Bens Dream, 1982The Polar Express, 1985Two Bad Ants, 1988The Wreck of the Zephyr, 1983Jumanji, 1981The Mysteries of Harris Bur*censored*, 1984The Widows Broom, 1992...
