Jumanji

A Caldecott Award Winner

Chris Van Allsburg author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Andersen Press Ltd

Published:2nd Nov '17

Should be back in stock very soon

Jumanji cover

Special edition released to celebrate its 35th year of publication, and to coincide with the new Jumanji movie, starring Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and Jack Black.

The game under the tree looked like a hundred others Peter and Judy had at home. Bestselling Polar Express creator and Caldecott Medal winning Chris Van Allsburg explores the ever-shifting line between fantasy and reality with this story about a game that comes startlingly to life.Jumanji is the picture book that inspired a movie franchise, by the creator of bestselling The Polar Express: Caldecott Medal winning Chris Van Allsburg. When Peter and Judy start to play a mysterious board game, they have no idea they're about to be sucked into a whole new world of adventure and danger, of hungry lions and devastating jungle storms... but the game cannot finish until one of the players reaches The Golden City. Discover the original picture book that inspired Jumanji (1995), the family classic movie starring Robin Williams and Kirsten Dunst, Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005), and later Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017), and Jumanji: the Next Level (2019) starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black and Karen Gillan.

"Jumanji is recognised as a picture book classic, deserving of a place on every child’s bookshelf" -- Andrea Reece * Lovereading4Kids, Book of the Month November 2017 *

  • Winner of Caldecott Medal.

ISBN: 9781783446766

Dimensions: 245mm x 280mm x 5mm

Weight: 210g

32 pages