Book description
A 30th anniversary gift edition to celebrate Jumanji's 1982 Caldecott Award!
Over thirty years ago, Peter and Judy first found the game-Jumanji-with the instructions that once the game is started, it must be finished or it will go on forever-and it was then, with this same wonderment, readers found Jumanji,…
Why read it?
1 author picked Jumanji as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
This book struck a visual chord and changed the way I looked at picture books. As most of my favorites were in full or limited color, Jumanji’s black and white illustrations had extreme perspective and were visually exciting.
This book inspired me to push both my illustration and text for picture books toward a less juvenile or simple presentation. The illustrations in Jumanji are a departure from the ordinary in both subject and artistic approach. It urged me to look harder at the extraordinary in the ordinary.
From Gary's list on Gary Bernard's favorite picture books that promote creativity and critical thinking.
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