Chris Van Allsburg is an award winning illustrator and writer for children’s books. Some of his notable works include Jumanji, The Polar Express, and Zathura. All of which play a big part of my childhood. In choosing an illustrator for this blog post, Allsburg’s illustration style stood out to me amongst the rest. It was something about the soft textures and almost surreal compositions. After diving into more research, I was surprised to find that he was the illustrator and writer to some of my favourite books growing up. It was not only the stories he created that left an impression in my childhood, but it was the illustrations as well.