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Chris Van Allsburg (born June 18, 1949) is an American children's author and illustrator. He wrote the 1981 picture book, Jumanji, which inspired the 1995 film Jumanji, which inspired the 1996 animated series, the 2017 film Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, and the 2019 film Jumanji: The Next Level.

Selected works[]

Books[]

  • The Garden of Abdul Gasazi (1979), a Caldecott runner-up
  • Jumanji (1981), a Caldecott Medal winner
  • The Wreck of the Zephyr (1983)
  • The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (first ed., 1984)
  • The Enchanted World: Ghosts (1984)
  • The Polar Express (1985), a Caldecott Medal winner
  • The Enchanted World: Dwarfs (1985)
  • The Stranger (1986)
  • The Z Was Zapped (1987)
  • Two Bad Ants (1988)
  • The Wretched Stone (1991)
  • The Widow's Broom (1992)
  • The Sweetest Fig (1993)
  • The Mysteries of Harris Burdick (Portfolio ed., 1994)
  • Bad Day at Riverbend (1995)
  • A City in Winter (1996), written by Mark Helprin
  • Zathura (2002)
  • Probuditi! (2006)
  • Queen of the Falls (2011)

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