El juego que encontraron bajo el arbol se parecia a muchos otros que Peter y Judy tenian en casa. Pero estaban aburridos e inquietos, en busca de algo interesante que hacer y pensaron que podian intentar con Jumanji. No sabian, cuando vieron el simple tablero, que se precipitarian an a la aventura mas increible de su vida. Cual es el limite entre la realidad y la fantasia cuando jugamos? Descubre las reglas con el libro que dio origen a la pelicula.
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Published01 janvier 1995
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Chris Van Allsburg
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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.
Jumanji
by Chris Van Allsburg
Juvenile Fiction
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