![]() ![]() The only prominent item in the studio is his work table. What would be a treasure chest to millions of readers, collectors and art lovers, seems a pile of no particulars to him. To be sure, his wonderful drawings are there - stacked willy-nilly behind a little door in his attic studio. His bronze sculpture of the Titanic going down sits on a table, with a sculpture of the iceberg on the floor below.īut there is little evidence of the books and drawings that have made him famous in a field of thousands of artists and the winner of two Caldecott Medals, the highest award for children's illustration.More. It is a striking juxtaposition that continues inside, where the accents in his restored 1920s house include three steam locomotives, each about the size of a child's wagon. ![]() The first glimpse of author-illustrator Chris Van Allsburg's house in Providence, R.I., reveals a giant hedge that is almost as tall as his little front yard is wide. ![]() 'Jumanji' brings Chris Van Allsburg, master of children's books, to the movies ![]()
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