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Polar Express: various links

http://www.eduplace.com/tview/pages/p/The_Polar_Express_Chris_Van_Allsburg.html

http://www.eduplace.com/tview/tviews/p/polarexpress.html

http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/thepolarexpress/pdf/polarpartykit.pdf

http://www.mathstories.com/Christmas/Xmas_sheet_3_Polar_Express.htm

http://teachingheart.net/polar.html

http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/LESSONS/2306.html

http://www.kinderthemes.com/thepolarexpress.html

http://libweb.uncc.edu/cimc/integration/Units/PolarExp.htm

http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/author/cva/question.html

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