How do I punctuate and capitalize the sentence We read book The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg?

We read the book *The Polar Express* by Chris Van Allsburg.

Here's why:

* Capitalization: Book titles are capitalized like proper nouns.

* Punctuation:

* "The Polar Express" is italicized because it's a book title.

* A comma is used to separate the book title from the author's name.