caldecott award winner

The first edition of the modern children's classic, by the author/illustrator who would go on to create The Polar Express (1985). Jumanji famously enjoyed a live-action film adaptation starring Robin Williams, as well as cinematic sequels and spin-offs, including Jumanji: The Next Level, appearing in 2019 and starring Dwayne Johnson, Jack Black, Kevin Hart and Karen Gillan.

First edition, first printing; landscape folio (c. 250 x 270 mm.); title vignette and full-page illustrations by the author, ink name to front pastedown, publisher's cloth, minor sunning to extremities, pictorial dust-jacket, Caldecott prize sticker to upper cover, price-clipped, rubbed at edges with a few closed tears, ink name inside front flap.