Jumanji
by Chris Van Allsburg
When Judy and Peter find a magical board game in the park, they discover that each roll of the dice brings real jungle dangers into their home. They must finish the game to make everything return to normal.
3rd GradePicture Books
About Chris Van Allsburg
Chris Van Allsburg is an American writer and illustrator of children's books. He has won two Caldecott Medals for U.S. picture book illustration, for Jumanji (1981) and The Polar Express (1985), both of which he also wrote, and were later adapted as successful motion pictures. He was also a Caldecott runner-up in 1980 for The Garden of Abdul Gasazi. For his contribution as a children's illustrator, he was a 1986 U.S. nominee for the biennial International Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest international recognition for creators of children's books. He received the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters from the University of Michigan in April 2012.
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