Jungle Adventure

By Author / Illustrator

Lily Murray

Genre

Adventure

Age range(s)

Publisher

Wide Eyed Editions

ISBN

9780711276093

Format

Paperback / softback

Published

01-03-2022

Synopsis

Imagine if you could have an adventure in the jungle. What if you could have MILLIONS of them? With this story-building book, readers aged 5+ can create their own jungle-inspired adventures, over and over again. Just read the question and choose from the vibrant pictures on the page to build the story. The book is packed full of fun, silly and exciting things to choose from, including:

- Searching for a fire-breathing snake
- Taking a fairy queen along on the adventure
- Travelling through a ruined city
- Befriending an enormous gorilla
- Facing a grouchy jungle ogre
- Packing some spare underpants

Once you've finished, turn back to the start and make different choices to build a completely new tale. There are millions of possible combinations and endless stories to be told! And can you find the cheeky penguin hidden on each page?

Let's Tell a Story is a series of books designed to help you dream up your very own adventures. From selecting which hero to be and where to visit, to deciding on how the story will end and choosing a reward, you control the action from start to finish. Packed full of imaginative characters, thrilling places to go, hilarious random objects and extraordinary situations to choose from, these books are made to be read again and again. See also Pirate Adventure

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Reviews

A wonderful series for young storytellers! This series allows children to tell their own stories through different environments and experiences. At the beginning, it explains how to use the books by reading the question at the top of each page and then choosing their answer from the options using the pictures and words. It also encourages children to talk about the choices they make in as much detail as they can, which will help to develop their reasoning and widen their vocabulary.

In Jungle Adventure, children can choose a hero to go on their adventure with from many characters including a jungle baby, a princess, a nature expert, a jaguar and a monkey. They then choose what they're going to get dressed up in for their adventure, the reason they're going to explore the jungle, the equipment they're going to take with them and the transport they'll take.

The book continues as the reader can choose their journey using an illustrated map before it dives into the jungle and the creatures they may meet there. The structure of the book also means children can retell many different stories, again and again!

I love the layout of this book - it creates a huge amount of freedom for children to tell their own stories while giving them ideas to help their imagination and a structure to support their story. The book has colourful illustrations to help to bring it to life. Although it's important for there to be a wide range of options for children to choose from, some of them feel a little random; in my opinion, it would be improved if the options were more typical of the jungle setting of the story. That said, Jungle Adventure is a lovely book to help children to bring their imaginations and story telling to life!

32 pages / Reviewed by Lucy Newton, teacher