Polar Express Word Search

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The Polar Express is a picture book by Chris Van Allsburg, published in 1985. It won the Caldecott Medal the next year. A boy in his pajamas is woken on Christmas Eve by a train outside his house, bound for the North Pole.

On the way the children drink hot cocoa, and the train climbs past wolves and mountains to a city full of elves. The film adds more: a conductor who punches each ticket, a song about hot chocolate and a slide down the ice of Glacier Gulch.

The first gift of Christmas is a silver bell from the sleigh, and only those who believe can hear it ring. In the 2004 film Tom Hanks played several parts, including the conductor, the hobo and Santa himself.

Read the book first, then hand out the sheet. Or play online and race to the bell.

Free Polar Express Word Search Online Game

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Polar Express Word Search Printable Puzzles

Three sheets to choose from, free to print or download as a PDF. Pick a difficulty below, or open the printable Polar Express word search page to see all three together, generate a fresh grid, and check the full word list.

Puzzle Vocabulary Words

Below you can see all possible words that the topic Polar Express has.
Depends on difficulty level you select in the game amount of words hidden in the puzzle will be different.
In Easy game you have to find up to 5 words, medium game can have up to 15 words and hard puzzle can have up to 23 words.
Every time you start a new game - our word search generator will pick random words to build the puzzle.

• Polar Express
• Train
• Conductor
• Ticket
• Punch
• North Pole
• Santa
• Sleigh
• Silver Bell
• Reindeer
• Elves
• Hero Boy
• Waiter
• Billy
• Lights
• Hobo
• Engineer
• Steam
• Engine
• Whistle
• Tracks
• Coal
• Hot Chocolate
• Cocoa
• Snow
• Christmas Eve
• Pajamas
• Believe
• Glacier
• Gulch
• Mountains
• Wolves
• Caribou
• Ice
• Gift
• Caldecott
• Night
• Journey
• Caboose
• Lantern