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    • Throughout this PowerPoint you will see the monuments drawn from Chris Van Allsburgs book. Then you will see a page of information on the monument, and on the final page there will be other places to visit if you went to that monument. We have also included an Earthgoogle image. The last page of the PowerPoint has other monuments of interest, but are not included in the book.

2. A Tribute to Bens Dream http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/about.html 3. Places to Visit

  • Statue of Liberty
  • Big Ben
  • The Eiffel Tower
  • The Leaning Tower of Pisa
  • The Parthenon
  • The Sphinx
  • St. Basil
  • The Taj Mahal
  • The Great Wall of China
  • Mount Rushmore

4. Chris Van Allsburg was born on June 18 th , 1949. 5. New York, New York 10004. The address of the Statue of liberty is Liberty Island. The admission to the Statue of Liberty is free, but to get to it tourists have to take a ferry which cost $8 for adults, $6 for senior citizens, $3 for children 3-17, and children ages under 3 are free.http://www.enchantedlearning.com/history/us/monuments/sol/printout.shtml http:// www.nps.gov/archive/stli/prod02.htm 6.

  • American GirlStore
  • Empire State Building
  • Brooklyn Bridge
  • Rockefeller Plaza
  • A Broadway show

7. Chris Van Allsburg won two Caldecott medals for Jumanji and the Polar Express . Jumanji also became a popular film in 1996. 8. Parliament Square, Bridge Street, London, SW1A 2NE The admission is free if you want to get into Big Ben . http://www.camvista.com/england/london/bigben.php3 http:// www.britainexpress.com/London/Big_Ben.htm 9.

  • British Museum
  • London restaurants
  • Hotels near Big Ben
  • Big Ben guide in London
  • Places of interest

10. Bens Dream Carries Through When Chris was a youngster, his favorite time at school was when he had art class, which was only two days a week. 11. The cost to go to in the Eiffel Tower is $32.00. Tour EiffelChamp de MarsF-75007 Paris France http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0213201/Eiffel%20tower.htm http://www.paris.org/Monuments/Eiffel/ 12. Places to Visit

  • Seine River
  • Hotel Plaza Anthne
  • Churches
  • Holiday Inn
  • Hop On Hop OffDouble-Decker Bus

13. Chris Van Allsburgs interests and talents seemed to be more in the area of math and science. 14. http://www.funsocialstudies.learninghaven.com/articles/leaningtower.htm Address: Campo dei Miracoli Pisa 56100Italy Admission notavailable. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/06/28/wpisa128.xml 15.

  • TheColosseumin Italy
  • Pompeii under Mount Vesuvius
  • Piazza Castello
  • Campo del Miracoli
  • Pantheon of Rome

16. In 1975 Chris Van Allsburg married Lisa Morrison. Chris and Lisa had a child in 1991, and they named her Sophia. Then in 1995 they had another child named Anna. Chris has four people in his family. 17. Admission: Members free; Adults - $5.00; Children 4-17 - $2.50 (under 4 free); Seniors 62+ - $2.50. The Parthenon is located on Acropolis. An Acropolis is a fortified hill. http://academic.reed.edu/humanities/110Tech/Parthenon.html http://www.greatbuildings.com 18. The Acropolis in Athens, Greece Lycavitos Hill The Glyfada Beach The Plaka Restaurant Athens Riviera Athens Riviera 19. In college, Chris Van Allsburg was particularly taken with sculpture. When he graduated from the University of Michigan, he enrolled at the Rhode Island School of Design. 20. Located at the Giza plateau, Cairo, Egypt. It is $3.50 to enter the Giza Necropolis and $7.00 to go to the pyramids and the Giza Necropolis. $3.50 in Egypt is $.63 in the U.S. $7.00 in Egypt is $1.26 in the U.S. http://guardians.net/egypt/sphinx/ http://www.perceptions.couk.com/sphy.html 21.

  • Giza Pyramids
  • Aswan
  • Luxor
  • Red Sea
  • Alexandrias Sunken Treasures

22. Chris Van Allsburg won the Randolph Caldecott award in 1982 and in 1986. http://www.chrisvanallsburg.com/flash.html 23. St. Basil is built on the edge of Red Square between 1555 and 1561. http://www.moscow-taxi.com/sightseeing/red-square/st-basils-cathedral.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Basil's_Cathedral Open on Wednesday - Monday 11am 5:30pm, closed Tuesday. 24. CAF PUSHKIN Hotel Other things to do 25. Chris Van Allsburgs interest was in Math and Science. 26. A trip to the Taj Mahal costs 1.000124 dollars. http://www.taj-mahal.net/blackLarge.htm http://www.pbs.org/treasuresoftheworld/a_nav/taj_nav/main_tajfrm.html 27. Places to Visit Akbars Tomb Agra Fort, Agra Fatehpur Sikri Itmad-ud Tomb Bhartpur Sanctuary 28. Chris Van Allsburgs favorite books to write was The Stranger Just a Dream and Jumanji. 29. The Great Wall of China runs through China. Admission is $180.00 for a family. http://www.thechinaguide.com/great_wall_of_china/index.html http://www.travelchinaguide.com/china_great_wall 30. Place to eat at the Great Wall of China Were to visit when your at Great Wall of China Sleep on the Great Wall of China Quality food in China 31. Bens Dream Proceeds 32. It cost $10.00 to park in your car or rv per day. You could pay with cash, travelers check, or local check. You would have to get to Mt. Rushmore by plane or car. It is located on Highway 244 [Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway] 33.

  • Bear Country
  • Mount Rushmore National Memorial
  • Lincoln Borglum Museum
  • Mt. Rushmore Dining
  • American History onMt. Rushmore

34. Other Chris Van Allsburg books 35.

  • Chris Van Allsbergs first book was
  • The Garden of Abdul Gasazi and the rest of his books were,
  • Jumanji
  • Bens Dream
  • The Wreck of the Zephyr
  • The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
  • The Polar Express
  • The Stranger
  • The Z was Zapped
  • Two Bad Ants
  • Swan Lake
  • Just a Dream
  • The Wretched Stone
  • The Widows Broom
  • The Sweetest Fig
  • The Veils of Snow
  • The Mysteries of Harris Burdick [Portfolio Edition]
  • Bad Day at Riverbed
  • A city in winter
  • Zathura
  • Probuditi!

36.

  • The Garden of Abdul Gasazi
  • Jamanji
  • Bens Dream
  • The Wreck of the Zephyr
  • The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
  • The Polar Express
  • The Stranger
  • The Z Was Zapped
  • Two Bad Ants
  • Swan Lake
  • Just A Dream
  • The Wretched Stone
  • The Widows Broom
  • The Sweetest Twig
  • The Veil of Snow
  • The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
  • Bad Day at Riverbend
  • A City in Winter
  • Zathura
  • Probuditi!

37. The Seattle Needle Where at Hollywood The Tampa Bay Arch The Miami Beach Liberty Bell Philadelphia 38.