
The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780763675004 |
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Publisher: | Candlewick Press |
Publication date: | 08/05/2014 |
Edition description: | Reprint |
Pages: | 56 |
Product dimensions: | 8.25(w) x 11.81(h) x 0.22(d) |
Lexile: | NC1070L (what's this?) |
Age Range: | 7 - 10 Years |
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The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections
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In solid blocks of text and run-on sentences, Mark explores the history of museums. Although it does contain a plethora of interesting facts, the book seemed poorly organized to me, repeating itself occasionally. The mixed media collage illustrations didn't feel like a great match and on at least one occasion a building discussed in the text was not included when all the others were. There's a glossary and index at the end of the book, but no source notes or references. It's altogether possible that this book just didn't strike a chord with me, but I was disappointed.
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Travel the timeline of the museum in this whimsical picture book. Starting with the mythological muses, the text proceeds in short chapters presenting museum goers of all ages the history and present state of the world's museums. The text gives readers just enough information to gain a basic level of understanding of the history of museums as well as some of the controversial issues facing the museum world without coming across in a cursory manner. A glossary and index conclude the book, but a list of references or further reading is noticeably absent. The illustrations are both interesting and unique. The illustrator's whimsical and detailed approach will keep reader's attention through the lengthier blocks of text. Additionally, a few spreads require the reader to turn the book 90 degrees clockwise to read the text. The book concludes with an interesting analogy between collections in museums and collections in your mind. People of all ages will enjoy the thought provoking way in which the museum is discussed throughout the text. A must for museum libraries, middle schools and high schools.
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