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Books : Behind the Museum Door: Poems to Celebrate the Wonders of MuseumsIn association with Amazon.com List Price: $16.95 Amazon.com's Price: $13.22 You Save: $3.73 (22%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 811.54 EAN: 9780810912045 ISBN: 081091204X Label: Abrams Books for Young Readers Manufacturer: Abrams Books for Young Readers Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 32 Publication Date: April 04, 2007 Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers Reading Level: Ages 4-8 Studio: Abrams Books for Young Readers Sales Rank: 1176031 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Praise for Lee Bennett Hopkins University of Southern Mississippi Medallion for “outstanding contributions to the field of children’s literature” Parents Choice Gold Award winner Christopher Award winner “Hopkins . . . captures the wonder and exuberance of childhood.”—School Library Journal Fourteen poems on the many dazzling collections featured in museums The art, artifacts, and anthropological treasures found in museum collections are coupled with stunning poetry by acclaimed writers Lee Bennett Hopkins, Jane Yolen, Myra Cohn Livingston, Rebecca Kai Dotlich, and many more in this unique volume. Perfect for art, natural history, and children’s museums, this is also an ideal book for classroom teachers before they bring their students on a museum visit. The lively verse captures the wonder and amazement of the exhibition experience, from mummies to medieval relics, and from fine art to fossils. Selected by children’s poetry luminary Lee Bennett Hopkins and illustrated by award-winning artist Stacey Dressen-McQueen, Behind the Museum Door will allow young readers to bring the experience home with them to enjoy again and again, long after the museum doors are closed. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Reveals the wonders of museums!Reviewed by Brianne Plach (age 9) for Reader Views (5/07) Why do we have to go to the museum anyway? That sounds like a boring field trip! You have probably said it yourself. A museum isn't as much fun as going to a water park, stadium or a state park. What lies within the museum's walls have a history all their own. Lee Bennett Hopkins has selected a wide range of poems about museums in this collection. "Behind the Museum Door" talks about things like a suit of armor, mummies, Native ... Read More Rating: - A hodgepodge of poems written by such diverse and lauded individuals Behind the Museum Door: Poems to Celebrate the Wonders of Museums is a hodgepodge of poems written by such diverse and lauded individuals as Jane Yolen, Myra Cohn Livingston, and Rebecca Kai Dotlich, and illustrated with unforgettable acrylic and oil pastel artwork by award-winning artist Stacey Dessen-McQueen, all celebrating the treasury of knowledge, wisdom and wonder in museums. Each two-page spread features a different poem and theme, in this lovely read-aloud anthology that makes the perfect souvenir ... Read More Rating:  - Behind the Museum DoorBehind the museum door: poems to celebrate the wonders of museums Selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and illustrated by Stacey Dressen-McQueen. Previously published and new poems by the likes of Myra Cohn Livingston, Lilian Moore, Jane Yolen, and J. Patrick Lewis celebrate the many treasures found in museums. Lee Bennett Hopkins starts with his poem, Behind the Museum Door that lists some of these treasures: "Ancient necklaces, African art, armor of knights, a peasant cart", and all these objects ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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