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Wordless, imaginative adventure dives into mazes.


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What parents need to know

Parents need to know that there's no questionable content in this wordless picture book, except the idea that a young boy gets separated from his class on a field trip.

Positive messages: Not applicable.
Violence & scariness: Not applicable.
Language: Not applicable.

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What to talk about

Talk to your kids
Families can talk about museums. What kinds of museums would you like to visit? Parents might also want to review what kids should do if they get lost. How can kids get help finding their parent or caregiver?

What's the story?

What's the story?
This book without words tells the story of a boy who is separated from his class during a field trip to a museum and becomes part of a mystical exhibit of mazes.

Is it any good?

Is it any good?
 
MUSEUM TRIP is, on the surface, a straightforward story of a boy who gets lost (literally) in an exhibit of mazes at the museum. But parents can encourage a more complex "reading" from their kids by looking more closely at the bold, clean illustrations. The pictures are simple and inviting; dark outlines give the book the look of a coloring book filled in. The boy's red jacket makes his figure pop even on the drabber maze pages. The careful illustration of actual works of art invites families to identify the pieces. Kids might enjoy learning the names of the paintings and sculptures. And everyone will enjoy solving the series of mazes, which are simple enough that even younger kids will be able to trace through to the end.

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Book Details
Illustrator: Barbara Lehman
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Children's Books
Publication date: May 22, 2006
Number of pages: 32
Hardcover price: $15.00
Read Aloud: 5
Read Alone: 5

This review was written by Dawn Friedman
 
 

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