{"product_id":"the-museum-of-everything-by-lynne-rae-perkins","title":"The Museum of Everything by Lynne Rae Perkins","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNewbery 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,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Museum of Everything\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003einspires readers to slow down and appreciate the world. For fans of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhat Do You Do with an Idea?, The Most Magnificent Thing,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand classics such\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eas\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eTime of Wonder\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Hole Is to Dig. Illustrated with extraordinary dioramas and collages.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNewbery 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,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Museum of Everything\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eencourages young readers to wonder, dream, and explore--and to learn more about the world around them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"There are many fascinating museums in the world, but expand your definition of what you might hope to see in a single building and enter the Museum of Everything. . . . Gloriously inventive illustrations reflect the child's rich inner thoughts. . . . A marvel of creativity . . . Whatever causes you to pause, appreciate, contemplate, and enjoy--that's what belongs in your own Museum of Everything.\"--\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBooklist\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Perkins's great gifts for observation and connections are on display here as her narrator . . . serves as curator and tour guide for several 'museum exhibits' of concrete objects and abstract phenomena. . . . A small, idiosyncratic catalog of possibilities and a lens for seeing parts of the world in relation to one another. . . . There is plenty of room for readers to think about and celebrate their own ways of seeing, collecting, and cataloging the world--and to celebrate an endless variety of possible museum exhibits around them. Poetic, intriguing, and charming.\"--\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Considering objects one by one and putting them 'in a quiet place' is also what museums do, a resemblance that the child notices . . . Ideas are developed with particular richness . . . Distinctive and heartfelt, the museum is observed with a poet's eye and an inventor's spirit.\"--\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"An enticing spur to scientific philosophy and creative contemplation that echoes children's openness of thought, using accessible and specific detail that likely overlaps with youngsters' own metaphysical inquiries. . . . Perkins's familiar easygoing, grainy figures and landscapes set off the prominent museum items with a contrast that suits the textual concepts but never loses visual cohesion. . . . This will be a next step for youngsters whose imaginations have been tickled by Portis's\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNow\u003c\/em\u003e, Underwood's\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOutside In\u003c\/em\u003e, or just their own musings.\" --Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"[Perkins] elevates the ordinary--again--in this story about objects we simply do not really see: a fallen leaf, a cloud, a flower. . . Gives readers a sense that the microscopic and the telescoped can live side by side, or within one another. . . . Perkins connects with readers who daydream, validating that act as a way to see the world and learn of its many interlocking pieces, and makes imaginative mental musings into a story, and an artform. Pure fun.\"--School Library Journal\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"toggleBox\" id=\"reviewsBox\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctable border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"center\" width=\"100%\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLynne Rae Perkins\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas awarded the Newbery Medal for\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCriss Cross\u003c\/em\u003e. She is the author of four other novels--\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAll Alone in the Universe\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs Easy as Falling Off the Face of the Earth\u003c\/em\u003e,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNuts to You,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSecret Sisters of the Salty Sea\u003c\/em\u003e. Lynne Rae Perkins has also written and illustrated several acclaimed picture books, including\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrank and Lucky Get Schooled\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Broken Cat\u003c\/em\u003e;\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eSnow Music\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePictures from Our Vacation\u003c\/em\u003e; and\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Cardboard Piano\u003c\/em\u003e. The author lives with her family in northern Michigan. www.lynnerae.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTarget Age: 4-8\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGreenwillow Books\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMay 11, 2021\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e0.4\" H x 9.5\" L x 11.4\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e40 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ehardcover\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Collins","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67882221928674,"sku":"cov1793688350178","price":13.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0816\/7279\/8434\/files\/the-museum-of-everything-by-lynne-rae-perkins_1.jpg?v=1793688357","url":"https:\/\/eastonfirstcrack.shop\/products\/the-museum-of-everything-by-lynne-rae-perkins","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}