While their parents are out for the day, Judy and Peter Shepherd, after playing with some toys, become bored and decide to go to the park. … See more

Van Allsburg declared that he often thinks of combining incongruous images to evoke a feeling of "cognitive dissonance", coming up with the idea of wild animals in a living room. Combining that with twisting how board games often rely on the player's imagination, he … See more

Zathura (published in 2002) is a sequel to Jumanji also written by Van Allsburg. In the book, Danny and Walter Budwing (who appear at the end of … See more

Jumanji, a 1995 film based on the story, is an adaptation of the picture book. The film has adult characters who did not appear in the original story: Alan Parrish (Robin Williams/Adam Hann-Byrd), Sarah Whittle (Bonnie Hunt/Laura Bell Bundy), Officer Carl Bentley ( See more

• Jumanji at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Chris Van Allsburg at IMDb
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