Read With Me Cultivating a Literary Community 

I know it isn’t Christmas yet, or even winter!  But, we’re going to the North Pole!

This week, we will share and discuss the story The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg.  If you’d like a fun way to experience the story again at home this week, be sure to check it out at Storyline Online.  Lou Diamond Phillips, a TV and movie actor, reads it aloud while you enjoy Chris Van Allsburg‘s beautiful painted illustrations.

As you listen to the story again, remember to think about the critical events, plot (the problem that drives the action of the story toward a solution), impossible happenings, the setting (time and place), and theme (the implied message from the author).