Jump!

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 too—BOING!

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 Japan’s foremost illustrators. He has won the Japan Picture Book Award, the Japan Science Book Award and the Shogakukan Children’s Publication Culture Award.

Over half a million copies sold in Japan.

“"This exuberant board book by Matsuoka still feels fresh and unique 19 years after its Japanese debut. Animals defy gravity--and the volume's modest trim size--by leaping vertically from recto to verso (or, when the book is held sideways, as intended, simply up). The animals are each introduced simply ('A frog jumps,' reads the initial spread), then the page turns and the action begins. Realistically detailed animals with stoic expressions and flamboyant moves lend a delightfully absurd mood, and ample white space creates an elegant background for the bouncers' energy. Encouraging the reader to create each leap anew, onomatopoeic 'Boing!'s are rendered in different orientations, sizes, and colors to offset the repetition, and one animal amusingly fails to catch any air, though not for lack of effort. Finally, a pigtailed child ('And I jump, too') brings the action back home. As a book to inspire movement, this one bounds."--starred, Publishers Weekly”

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

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

"Delightful—pounce on it!"

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

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

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