Reviews

Jump In! by Shadra Strickland

carolineinthelibrary's review

5.0

A super fun book about kids playing double dutch together, and learning that the grown ups they know can play too! I loved the "jump in!" repeated at big moments in the story and I thought it was a really fun "get outside" kind of story.

My librarian heart breaks only a little bit at the page that flips UP instead of OUT like the other fold out pages because I just see that getting ripped out

tessakris's review

Definitely thought this would be a picture book version of the DCOM Jump In but no haha. Didn’t love it but it was kinda fun. Got some smiles out of Maisie. Makes me hope we can help Maisie be an outside kid

barbarianlibarian's review

3.0

fun

mpplys's review

lighthearted

4.0

"Jump In!" reminds me of the joy I felt reading Jaqueline Woodson's "The World Belonged to Us" last year. With bright colors and a punchy repeating phrase of "Jump in!", this book celebrates the simple joy of city-dwelling kids jumping rope and playing outside. This is a story of Black community and Black joy. A winner! -SKB

lindsgrace715's review

lighthearted medium-paced

4.75

emerlea's review

hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

I got this book for my neighbor kids, and I couldn't be happier with it!!

The story, about members of the community, young and old, coming together, jumping rope on a beautiful day was so fun to read! And the illustrations... magical! Outside of the actual story, the thing that brought out the child in me was that pages of the book fold out or up to show bigger illustrations. I was reminded of the pop up books I read when I was little.

No matter your age, you will be delighted with this book!