Chris Van Allsburg

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AllsburgAn Illustrative Biography

By Glori Alexander

Page 2 <img data-url='document/chris-van-allsburg-56f18a9495b82.html?page=2' data-page='2' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 2: Chris Van Allsburg' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader031.cupdf.com/reader031/viewer/2022020309/568c38a51a28ab02359f9e74/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> Thinking from an ant’s point of view led him to create the book, “Two Bad Ants”

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Page 5 <img data-url='document/chris-van-allsburg-56f18a9495b82.html?page=5' data-page='5' class='cut-thumb lazyload' alt='Page 5: Chris Van Allsburg' loading='lazy' src='data:image/gif;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAYAAAAfFcSJAAAADUlEQVR42mNk+P+/HgAFhAJ/wlseKgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==' data-src='https://reader031.cupdf.com/reader031/viewer/2022020309/568c38a51a28ab02359f9e74/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg' width='140' height='200' /> “Man in a Tornado”

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Chris Van Allsburg

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college chris

bad antsthis

cover of polar express