A picture book about that very special relationship between grandparent and grandchild, and how the young can often lead grown-ups to the joy of unexpected insight.
Written by a grandmother-granddaughter team, How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum is a charming story of an adventurous little girl and her willing and eager grandmother, and the things they discover during a museum outing together. They visit Apatosaurus, whose bones are even older than Grandma's, and put on their pretend hiking boots for a trek to the Arctic. They imagine elephants trumpeting in the African Hall and travel through time to the Ice Age. Real photographs of exhibits are mixed with Marie-Louise Gay's whimsical illustrations for a realistic view of the museum.
"An unnamed narrator takes her grandmother through a natural history museum while acting as a knowledgeable guide . . . Humorous exchanges and asides suggest the mutual respect and love between the two. Peripheral endnotes about each stop add little information to the story. A friendly introduction to natural-history museums." - School Library Journal
Recommended Age | 5 - 8 |
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Author | Molly Rose Goldman, Lois Wyse |
Illustrator | Marie-Louise Gay |
ISBN | 0761109900 |
Publication Date | Oct 1, 1998 |
Publisher | Workman Publishing Company |
Language | English |