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How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum [Hardcover]

Lois Wyse (Author), Molly Rose Goldman (Author), Marie-Louise Gay (Illustrator)
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Illustrated by Marie-Louise Gay. Usually it's the grandparent who takes the grandchild out. But here roles are reversed in a heartwarming story about a little girl who takes her grandmother to the museum for her first visit, allowing them to share something very special together. Written by Lois Wyse, the bestselling author of Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother, with her ten-year-old granddaughter, Molly Rose Goldman, 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. How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum mixes photographs with Marie-Louise Gay's whimsical illustrations for a realistic view of the museum, and includes two pages of additional information about the exhibits. But most of all, it's about that very special relationship between grandparent and grandchild, and how the young can often lead grown-ups to the joy of unexpected insight.
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By the author of Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother and other books, with over 4.5 million copies in print. For children ages 5-8.

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Wyse (whose books for adults include Funny, You Don't Look Like a Grandmother) teams up with her granddaughter for this energetic museum tour. Young Molly acts as an amiable guide, showing her grandmother around the American Museum of Natural History and spouting snippets of information on dinosaurs, African animals, underwater creatures, bugs and the Ice Age. While the text effectively mimics a child's varied interests, its haphazard quality sometimes results in confusion. For example, when the pair heads to Africa, the text reads, "We took a shortcut through Asia and turned left at Central America. Soon we were surrounded by antelopes and monkeys and cheetahs"; some readers may be confused about which continent they're visiting. However, Molly's concluding notes clear up most of these questions and also expand on some of her sketchier explanations of the museum's artifacts. Gay's art cleverly incorporates photos of museum objects (dinosaur bones, animals in diorama settings) into brightly hued, lighthearted cartoon art. The warm rapport between granddaughter and Grandma make the field trip immediately accessible. Ages 5-8.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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PreSchool-Grade 2-An unnamed narrator takes her grandmother through a natural history museum while acting as a knowledgeable guide. At pauses in front of dinosaurs, animal dioramas, the Hall of Ocean Life, a meteorite, and other exhibits, the girl provides facts ("It's called a goliath beetle. It's four inches long, and its wings are bigger than those of a sparrow") while the grandmother is appropriately impressed and unhurried. Cuts from full-color photographs are integrated into the line-and-watercolor-tinted cartoons of squat, primarily preschool-sized children and adults enjoying the museum. Grandma is depicted almost entirely in profile, a cheerful, casual woman in a dress with a strange tail-like billow to her skirt, who is refreshingly ready to listen and enjoy her companion. 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.
Susan Hepler, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  • Hardcover: 48 pages
  • Publisher: Workman Publishing Company (October 1, 1998)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0761109900
  • ISBN-13: 978-0761109907
  • Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8.1 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #834,113 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "Remember to wear comfortable shoes.", December 26, 2004
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I only checked this book out from the library because the cover illustration included some dinosaur fossils (my son is always looking for new dino books), but I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this story of a girl taking her grandmother on a visit to the Museum of Natural History.

Molly is accustomed to going to "Interesting Places" with her grandmother, but after a school field trip to the Museum of Natural History, she is delighted to realize that at last, she has found an Interesting Place her grandmother has never visited. She offers to take Grandma to the Museum and takes charge, right down to reminding Grandma of the importance of comfortable shoes and using the bathroom before leaving the house.

The illustrations are drawings incorporating photos of items on exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History (NY), which I thought was a nice touch. Molly and her grandmother visit many exhibits--dinosaurs, Africa, the Arctic, ocean life, rocks, bugs, human biology, the Ice Age--and their conversation about what they see presents many interesting facts without sounding too didactic.

This might have a bit too much text for younger readers/listeners, but there are plenty of interesting pictures to look at. A fun read for both me and my 4 1/2 year old son.
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5.0 out of 5 stars How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum, June 3, 2001
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One of my first grade students brought this book into school one day. I read it and decided I had to have it. Lois Wyse wrote a humorous story perfect for a Grandparents' Day Celebration or just for casual reading for children of all ages.
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5.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable for the whole family, May 23, 2008
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we borrowed this book from the library and we fell in love with it. when it was time to return it my little girl cried, so now we own it. it truley is a great story.
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