Jumpa: The Origin of Wonder Woman's Kanga

by Steve Korté, Art Baltazar (Illustrator)

Even Wonder Woman needs a loyal steed. But how did Jumpa become her high-hopping pet? Discover the origin of this superpowered Super-Pet in this action-packed, POW!-WHAM!-BOOM! chapter book for early readers

Genres: Superheroes, Picture Books, Childrens

40 pages, Library Binding

Published August 1, 2017

Reviews

[Rod Brown · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is one of those licensed corporate kiddie books that are so bad they are practically insulting to children. But, hey, I remember seeing those crazy Amazonian kangaroos from reprints of Wonder Woman's earliest appearances (Sensation Comics #6, 1942!) and cannot completely hate an attempt to give a Golden Age icon its own origin story, lame as it may be.

[Villain E · Rating 1 out of 5]

Terrible. Starting with what you see on the cover: The kangas' fur is the same color as Caucasian skin tone and they're female coded with lipstick and eyelashes, so they just look like weird cartoon people. The origin skips over how an island of only female animals reproduces. At one point Hippolyta tells Diana "You're a princess, not a warrior" which tells me this author has no idea who the Amazons are. And the art rarely illustrates the most interesting parts of the story.

[Darinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jumpa is Wonder Woman's super-pet. A high-hopping kanga. Like a kangaroo, but bigger. A fun story about Wonder Wonder and her pet. Colorful artwork.

[Wade · Rating 2 out of 5]

I would have given it 4 stars but sorry, it loses 2 stars because of bad editing. On page 36, it says “Mala LOOSES her balance...”. Looses?! Looses?! No, no, no! It’s LOSES people!!! Geez.

[Jenna Mills · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh

[RichelleLeibold · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great super for super girls

6 year old loved the story of wonder woman and her super pet Jumpa. Showed how a small runt can become a super pet

[Jessica · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not the biggest wonder woman fan, but this book was all right. I learned that wonder woman was born to an Amazon queen, and then she got a superhero kangaroo.