Jump!

(Board book)

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A joyful boardbook to share with young children that will have them jumping with glee.

A frog jumps. Boing! A kitten jumps. Boi-ing! A dog jumps. Boiyyyyyyoiingg! A grasshopper jumps, a rabbit jumps, then a snail...uhm, maybe not. Mother and chick jump together, a fish jumps out of the water, and last comes a little girl to join the fun... I jump tooBOING!

This fun interactive book for babies and toddlers will get readers off their feet and bouncing up and down. With funny anatomically correct animal illustrations by award-winning Japanese illustrator Tatsuhide Matsuoka.

Impossible to read sitting down and designed to be read sideways so that the animals jump vertically up the page, this simple story is a perfect gift book to share with young children.

Tatsuhide Matsuoka is one of Japans foremost illustrators. He has won the Japan Picture Book Award, the Japan Science Book Award and the Shogakukan Childrens Publication Culture Award.

Over half a million copies sold in Japan.

Reviews

"a testimony to excellent art and an original, well-executed idea."

-- Book Trust

"As a book to inspire movement, this one bounds."

-- Publishers Weekly, starred review

"Delightfulpounce on it!"

-- Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Its almost guaranteed that little ones and maybe even their grown-ups will be airborne before the final page is turned."

-- Children's Books Ireland, Picture This Reading Guide selection

Author Bio

Tatsuhide Matsuoka is one of Japans foremost illustrators, specializing in the natural sciences. He has won the Japan Picture Book Award, the Japan Science Book Award and the Shogakukan Childrens Publication Culture Award.