I really liked this, but I think this is better for kids eight and up as the main characters run away. You could have younger kids read it, but they would a) probably need it read to them and b) you would need to talk to them about how the kids in the story run away. This is educational because the kids are living in a museum, so they learn some things (the angle might not be real though). The kids are also very creative: their choice in running away, their bathing station, their money station and more! I think it is a book for girls and boys because the main characters are both a girl and a boy.