The Museum of Everything
by Lynne Rae Perkins (Author) Lynne Rae Perkins (Illustrator)
Newbery Medalist Lynne Rae Perkins invites readers on an imagination-fueled journey through the living museum that surrounds us all. Luminous, in-the-moment, and full of wonder, The Museum of Everything inspires readers to slow down and appreciate the world.
When you feel that the world is too big and loud and busy and distracting, you can pretend that you're in a museum. It's quiet there, and you can wonder about everything: Is a rock in a puddle an island? Is a dry spot on the ground on a rainy day the shadow of a car that's just driven off?
There's a museum for everything--for islands and shadows and clouds and trees, and so much more. Newbery Medalist and acclaimed picture book creator Lynne Rae Perkins balances imagination and creativity with curiosity and facts. She has created the extraordinary artwork in three dimensions--as if each page is an exhibit or installation in a museum. A transcendent and timely picture book,
The Museum of Everything encourages young readers to wonder, dream, and explore--and to learn more about the world around them.
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"When the world gets too big and too loud and too busy," the narrating child says, "I like to look at little bits of it, one at a time." Considering objects one by one and putting them "in a quiet place" is also what museums do, a resemblance that the child notices: "Maybe it would be called The Museum of Things I Wonder About. Because I have a lot of those." In three-dimensional illustrations that resemble the low-tech, at-home diorama-style museum a child might make--photographed rooms constructed of cut paper with props assembled from all kinds of materials--Perkins (Wintercake) molds islands big and small, a roomful of skirts that look like bushes in blossom ("Everyone can try them on, and twirl"), a collection of shadows, and more. Ideas are developed with particular richness: after cataloging common shadows, the child considers other kinds, as when a sun-warm leaf leaves a leaf-size space in the snow: "a shadow of melting." After this excursion through their own thoughts, the white child feels ready to return to the noisy world. Distinctive and heartfelt, the museum is observed with a poet's eye and an inventor's spirit. Ages 4-8. (May)
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JUV051000 - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play
JUV020000 - Juvenile Fiction | Interactive Adventures
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