The Magic Journey

by Tracey West, Doyle Partners (Designed by)

In a full-color retelling of the movie screenplay, a magical train ride on Christmas Eve takes a boy to the North Pole to receive a special gift from Santa Claus.

Genres: Christmas, Picture Books, Childrens

48 pages, Hardcover

First published October 12, 2004

About the author

Tracey West is the New York Times bestselling author of Dragon Masters, a series in the Scholastic Branches line. She has written more than 400 books for kids, including the Pixie Tricks series and the Underdogs series with Kyla May.

Some readers also know Tracey for writing books based on animation such as Pokémon and LEGO Ninjago.

She currently lives in the western Catskills of New York with her husband, Bill; their adopted dogs; and a whole mess of chickens.

Reviews

[Sophie Crane]

The graphics are very nice, we can't wait to read the book together.

[Jenna Montgomery]

Nice extended story adaptation of the book with great illustrations

[nona ★]

Wunderschön!!!

[Denicemarcell]

clear retelling of the movie without the rollercoaster or ice sections

[Theresa]

follows the text of the movie not the original story

[Sara]

follows the movie very closely

[Slow Man]

I could not get the hold of the original Polar Express. This is the adaptation from the movie.