Jumanji is written and illustrated by Chris Van Allaburg.
Jumanji is a fantasy book about a two children named Peter and Judy. They were bored and looking for something to do when they found the board game called Jumanji. The children play the game and come to realize the jungle animals are coming to life in their home and every move they make comes to life !
Jumanji is an exciting book that brings out the fantasy of animals coming to life. As an animal lover I was really excited to pick this book. The pictures are interesting as well and very detailed. The pictures are in black and white setting the tone of the story and are very realistic looking. This picture book is perfect for elementary grades.
The main elements of social justice in the story include awareness raising and social action. I feel this story can raise awareness because even though it is a fantasy it still has a moral at the end to always read instructions and be aware of what your doing. Second social action plays a role in this story because between 4 kids in the story at the beginning and end, they need to communicate the problems of the game and work together to figure out the best way to win and avoid problems.
Jumanji is great, both book and movie! I agree with your social justice elements. This story has a strong moral and really teaches readers that they need to take responsibility for their own actions, as well as help one another.
ReplyDeleteI watched the movie version of this one, didn't realized it is based on the book. However, I like how you presented the main elements of social justice to this book.
ReplyDeleteI have watched a movie, "Jumanji" again and again, perhaps more than five times. Like Amy mentioned that she found it out that there is even a book, I never got a chance to read it for myself either. When the children play the game, each adventure on the board brings the real creatures and events to life and into their home, creating danger and chaos. Besides those fantasy, pretended scenes, the story itself does have some hidden meanings for the audience to realize and learn. Reading the instructions before doing the thing is significant. Movie/book has a strategy how to 'preach' children as earlier as possible before they become more frustrated in a long run is to include the bad, worst results that happen the movie/story in over-exaggerated examples.
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