Jumanji (1981 book)

E345527

American book children's picture book fantasy book

Jumanji (1981 book) is a children's fantasy picture book by Chris Van Allsburg about a magical board game that brings jungle dangers into the real world.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Jumanji	3
Jumanji (1981 book) canonical	3
Jumanji (children's book)	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3287267 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jumanji (1981 book)
Context triple: [Jumanji franchise, basedOn, Jumanji (1981 book)]

A. Jumanji franchise
The Jumanji franchise is a series of fantasy adventure stories spanning books and films in which characters are drawn into dangerous, magically animated games that transform their reality.
B. Jumanji: The Next Level
Jumanji: The Next Level is a 2019 action-adventure comedy film and sequel in the Jumanji franchise, in which a group of friends are once again drawn into a dangerous video game world with new challenges and avatars.
C. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a 2017 action-adventure comedy film that reimagines the classic Jumanji concept as a video game, featuring a group of teenagers transported into avatar bodies played by actors including Jack Black, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan.
D. The Lost Jungle
The Lost Jungle is a 1934 adventure film serial set in a perilous, exotic jungle, directed by Ford Beebe and known for its action-packed, cliffhanger-driven storyline.
E. The Men in the Jungle
The Men in the Jungle is a dark, politically charged science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that explores revolution, violence, and moral decay on a distant alien world.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jumanji (1981 book)
Target entity description: Jumanji (1981 book) is a children's fantasy picture book by Chris Van Allsburg about a magical board game that brings jungle dangers into the real world.

A. Jumanji franchise
The Jumanji franchise is a series of fantasy adventure stories spanning books and films in which characters are drawn into dangerous, magically animated games that transform their reality.
B. Jumanji: The Next Level
Jumanji: The Next Level is a 2019 action-adventure comedy film and sequel in the Jumanji franchise, in which a group of friends are once again drawn into a dangerous video game world with new challenges and avatars.
C. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle is a 2017 action-adventure comedy film that reimagines the classic Jumanji concept as a video game, featuring a group of teenagers transported into avatar bodies played by actors including Jack Black, Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart, and Karen Gillan.
D. The Lost Jungle
The Lost Jungle is a 1934 adventure film serial set in a perilous, exotic jungle, directed by Ford Beebe and known for its action-packed, cliffhanger-driven storyline.
E. The Men in the Jungle
The Men in the Jungle is a dark, politically charged science fiction novel by Norman Spinrad that explores revolution, violence, and moral decay on a distant alien world.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American book ⓘ children's picture book ⓘ fantasy book ⓘ
adaptedInto	Jumanji (1995 film) ⓘ Jumanji (board game) ⓘ
author	Chris Van Allsburg ⓘ
awarded	Caldecott Medal ⓘ
awardYear	1982 ⓘ
centralObject	magical board game ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
coverArtist	Chris Van Allsburg ⓘ
genre	children's literature ⓘ fantasy ⓘ picture book ⓘ
hasFormat	hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ
hasIllustrator	Chris Van Allsburg ⓘ
hasISBN	9780395304481 ⓘ
hasMoral	games must be finished to set things right ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspective	third-person narration ⓘ
hasSequel	Zathura ⓘ linked to: Zathura board game
hasTheme	blurring of fantasy and reality ⓘ consequences of play ⓘ imagination ⓘ
illustrationStyle	realistic black-and-white drawings ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
libraryOfCongressClassification	PZ7.V266 Ju 1981 ⓘ
mainCharacter	Judy ⓘ Peter ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of a game that alters reality ⓘ word-image interplay ⓘ
originalPublicationYear	1981 ⓘ
pageCountApproximate	32 ⓘ
partOfSeries	Jumanji universe ⓘ linked to: Jumanji franchise
plotSummary	Two children play a magical board game that brings jungle dangers into the real world until the game is finished. ⓘ
publisher	Houghton Mifflin ⓘ
setting	American suburb ⓘ
targetAudience	children ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory	20th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jumanji franchise → basedOn → Jumanji (1981 book) ⓘ

Jumanji franchise → hasPart → Jumanji (1981 book) ⓘ

Jumanji (1995 film) → basedOn → Jumanji (1981 book) ⓘ

subject linked to: Jumanji franchise

Chris Van Allsburg → notableWork → Jumanji ⓘ