Title: Jumanji(Caldecott Award Winner)
Author: Chris Van Allsberg
Illustrator: Chris Van Allsberg
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Year Published: 1981
Format: Hard Cover
Genre: Picture Book
Reading Level: Assisted Reader/ Self Reader
Reading Interest Level: Elementary School- Middle School
Topics: Adventure, frienship
Summary: This book begins with a little boy finding the game of Jumanji and playing it with his friend Jenny.; the game quickly turns to disaster when the little boy rolls a certain number that sucks him into the game. Numerous years later, after Jenny is fully grown, two new little kids find the game and begin to play, only to release the once little boy who is now a full grown man. They quickly go to find Jenny and complete the game by completing numerous tasks and going on extreme adventures that terrorize the town.
Extension Activity: Since this book is so well known, the extension activity would be for the kids to get into smaller groups and play the actual game of Jumanji,; this would get the kids more excited about reading the book and allow them to become interactive with the book.
