Science Fiction
Allsburg, C. (2002). Zathura A Space Adventure. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Zathura: A Space Adventure is Chris Allusburg's "sequel" to his hit book Jumanji. The book begins by two brothers fighting in their back yard. One of the boys spotted a game leaned against a tree that read Jumanji: A Jungle Adventure. He grabbed the game and ran inside to play with his brother. As the boys were looking at the jungle-themed game, they saw there was another board hidden inside, one that read Zathura: A Space Adventure. As the boys begin to play the new space game, strange things happen to them and their house. Soon the boys realize that this is no ordinary board game!
I, personally, was a huge fan of the hit book and movie Jumanji. Chris Allsburg does a great job of depicting a magical game that takes the players into the real life story line. There are several different ways an educator could use this book in a 3-5 classroom. On of the most interesting ways would be to use this book as a launching pad for studying space themes. The book incorporates several different space terminology such as meteors, gravity, and black holes. Students could easily form questions about space and the different parts that make up our galaxy. Additionally, as apart of a writing unit, students could, with their newly learned research, write stories about their make-believe story to space. I really enjoyed reading Jumanji when I was an elementary student so I know elementary students today are really going to love the sequel to the book, Zathura: A Space Adventure.
I, personally, was a huge fan of the hit book and movie Jumanji. Chris Allsburg does a great job of depicting a magical game that takes the players into the real life story line. There are several different ways an educator could use this book in a 3-5 classroom. On of the most interesting ways would be to use this book as a launching pad for studying space themes. The book incorporates several different space terminology such as meteors, gravity, and black holes. Students could easily form questions about space and the different parts that make up our galaxy. Additionally, as apart of a writing unit, students could, with their newly learned research, write stories about their make-believe story to space. I really enjoyed reading Jumanji when I was an elementary student so I know elementary students today are really going to love the sequel to the book, Zathura: A Space Adventure.
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