The Stranger

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(c) 1986 by Chris Van Allsburg
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
Chris Van Allsburg again explores the fine line between reality and fantasy.  His evocative full-color artwork catches every nuance of the mysterious stranger as he blows on a leaf until it slowly turns from green to a golden red.  here is a new perspective on the changing seasons as seen through the eyes of the master storyteller who created the Caldecott Medal winners for 1982, Jumanji, and 1986, The Polar Express.