The link above contains a short video of some selected pictures from Allsburg's picture book, Jumanji. This author and illustrator is well known for his unique drawings in other children's books such as "The Polar Express".
While Jumanji features an exciting and suspenseful plot for students, the students can also learn to appreciate how pictures contribute to a story. In the classroom, I would read this book aloud for simple enjoyment. Following, I would show this animoto video of some of the selected illustrations. For younger grades, I would encourage students to pay particular attention to Judy and Peter's facial expressions to draw conclusions about the action in the story. In older grades, I would guide children to looking at the perspective of each illustration's frame. For example, in some of the pictures, the point of view seems to be from above (observing the action), whereas in other scenes, the reader perspective is at eye level with the characters so that the reader feels closer to the action. Other features of visual images such as proportions, angles, and shading also contribute to the meaning of the story.
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