This book is part of a book series called Polar Express-The Movie .

This book has been graded for interest at 5-8 years.

This book was published 2004 by Houghton Mifflin .

Chris van Allsburg lives in Providence, Rhode Island and lectures at the Rhode Island School of Design. He is a sculptor and artist. Tracey West has written more than 200 books for young readers and is the author of the popular Smithsonian No Way . Way! fact book series, including No Way . Way! Road Trip ; No Way . Way! Are You My Dinner? and No Way . Way! Stinky, Sticky, Sneaky Stuff . She lives in Pearl River, New York.