Author: Lois Wyse
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761109907
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
A young girl takes her grandmother on an outing to the natural history museum.
How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum
Author: Lois Wyse
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761109907
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
A young girl takes her grandmother on an outing to the natural history museum.
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780761109907
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
A young girl takes her grandmother on an outing to the natural history museum.
Grandmother Fish
Author: Jonathan Tweet
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1250134110
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Where did we come from? It's a simple question, but not so simple an answer to explain—especially to young children. Charles Darwin's theory of common descent no longer needs to be a scientific mystery to inquisitive young readers. Meet Grandmother Fish. Told in an engaging call and response text where a child can wiggle like a fish or hoot like an ape and brought to life by vibrant artwork, Grandmother Fish takes children and adults through the history of life on our planet and explains how we are all connected. The book also includes comprehensive backmatter, including: - An elaborate illustration of the evolutionary tree of life - Helpful science notes for parents - How to explain natural selection to a child
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
ISBN: 1250134110
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Where did we come from? It's a simple question, but not so simple an answer to explain—especially to young children. Charles Darwin's theory of common descent no longer needs to be a scientific mystery to inquisitive young readers. Meet Grandmother Fish. Told in an engaging call and response text where a child can wiggle like a fish or hoot like an ape and brought to life by vibrant artwork, Grandmother Fish takes children and adults through the history of life on our planet and explains how we are all connected. The book also includes comprehensive backmatter, including: - An elaborate illustration of the evolutionary tree of life - Helpful science notes for parents - How to explain natural selection to a child
A Day at the Museum
Author: Christine Platt
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1532134126
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Ana and Andrew are excited when Grandma comes to stay. During her visit, the family tours the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture and learns about important African American achievements. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1532134126
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 35
Book Description
Ana and Andrew are excited when Grandma comes to stay. During her visit, the family tours the Smithsonian Museum of African American History and Culture and learns about important African American achievements. Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards. Calico Kid is an imprint of Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO.
Connecting Kids to History with Museum Exhibitions
Author: D Lynn McRainey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315431874
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Kids have profound and important relationships to the past, but they don't experience history in the same way as adults. For museum professionals and everyone involved in informal history education and exhibition design, this book is the essential new guide to creating meaningful and memorable connections to the past for children. This vital museum audience possesses many of the same dynamic qualities as trained historian—curiosity, inquiry, empathy for the human experience—yet traditional history exhibitions tend to focus on passive looking in the galleries, giving priority to relaying information through words. D. Lynn McRainey and John Russick bring together top museum professionals to present state-of-the-art research and practice that respects and incorporates kids' developmental stages and learning preferences and the specific ways in which kids connect to history. They provide concrete tools for audience research and evaluation; exhibition development and design; and working with kids as "creative consultants." The only book to focus comprehensively on history exhibits for kids, Connecting Kids to History With Museum Exhibitions shows how to enhance the experiences of a vitally important but frequently the least understood museum audience.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1315431874
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
Kids have profound and important relationships to the past, but they don't experience history in the same way as adults. For museum professionals and everyone involved in informal history education and exhibition design, this book is the essential new guide to creating meaningful and memorable connections to the past for children. This vital museum audience possesses many of the same dynamic qualities as trained historian—curiosity, inquiry, empathy for the human experience—yet traditional history exhibitions tend to focus on passive looking in the galleries, giving priority to relaying information through words. D. Lynn McRainey and John Russick bring together top museum professionals to present state-of-the-art research and practice that respects and incorporates kids' developmental stages and learning preferences and the specific ways in which kids connect to history. They provide concrete tools for audience research and evaluation; exhibition development and design; and working with kids as "creative consultants." The only book to focus comprehensively on history exhibits for kids, Connecting Kids to History With Museum Exhibitions shows how to enhance the experiences of a vitally important but frequently the least understood museum audience.
Art Beyond Sight
Author: Elisabeth Salzhauer Axel
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 9780891288503
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
ISBN: 9780891288503
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 518
Book Description
Publicize Your Book (Updated)
Author: Jacqueline Deval
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440634394
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
For first-time authors or the seasoned pro, this is the absolutely essential how-to for getting publicity--totally updated and expanded. This indispensable guide from a book publicity insider offers everything authors must know to assist their publishers in publicizing, marketing, and promoting their books, including: Effective networking Defining a target readership Creating pitches for talk shows Getting media coverage Utilizing the Internet and other outlets Preparing for interviews and tours Hiring an independent publicist With totally revised and updated information, advice, and resources, the insiders all agree: “Read this book!—Ellen Levine, editorial director, Hearst Magazines.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440634394
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
For first-time authors or the seasoned pro, this is the absolutely essential how-to for getting publicity--totally updated and expanded. This indispensable guide from a book publicity insider offers everything authors must know to assist their publishers in publicizing, marketing, and promoting their books, including: Effective networking Defining a target readership Creating pitches for talk shows Getting media coverage Utilizing the Internet and other outlets Preparing for interviews and tours Hiring an independent publicist With totally revised and updated information, advice, and resources, the insiders all agree: “Read this book!—Ellen Levine, editorial director, Hearst Magazines.
You Can't Take a Balloon Into the National Gallery
Author: Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613835503
Category : Stories without words
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Two parallel stories of a little girl visiting the famous art museum and her lost yellow balloon's trip through Washington, D.C., make for an inventive visual journey sure to intrigue readers of all ages
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9780613835503
Category : Stories without words
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Two parallel stories of a little girl visiting the famous art museum and her lost yellow balloon's trip through Washington, D.C., make for an inventive visual journey sure to intrigue readers of all ages
Grandma's Gift
Author: Eric Velasquez
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802735363
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This prequel to Eric Velasquez's biographical picture book Grandma's Records is the story of a Christmas holiday that young Eric spends with his grandmother. After they prepare their traditional Puerto Rican Christmas celebration, Eric and Grandma visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a school project, where he sees a painting by Diego Velasquez and realizes for the first time that he could be an artist when he grows up. Grandma witnesses his fascination, and presents Eric with the perfect Christmas gift-a set of paints-to use in his first steps toward becoming an artist. A heart-warming story of self-discovery, Grandma's Gift is a celebration of the special bond between a grandparent and grandchild.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0802735363
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
This prequel to Eric Velasquez's biographical picture book Grandma's Records is the story of a Christmas holiday that young Eric spends with his grandmother. After they prepare their traditional Puerto Rican Christmas celebration, Eric and Grandma visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a school project, where he sees a painting by Diego Velasquez and realizes for the first time that he could be an artist when he grows up. Grandma witnesses his fascination, and presents Eric with the perfect Christmas gift-a set of paints-to use in his first steps toward becoming an artist. A heart-warming story of self-discovery, Grandma's Gift is a celebration of the special bond between a grandparent and grandchild.
Grandma Moses
Author: Otto Kallir
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780810920538
Category : Folk artists
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
An abridgement of the 1973 edition published by Harry N. Abrams.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780810920538
Category : Folk artists
Languages : en
Pages : 159
Book Description
An abridgement of the 1973 edition published by Harry N. Abrams.
Meet Me at the Museum
Author: Anne Youngson
Publisher:
ISBN: 1250295165
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A professor in Denmark and a grandmother in England begin a correspondence, and a friendship, that develops into something extraordinary.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1250295165
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
A professor in Denmark and a grandmother in England begin a correspondence, and a friendship, that develops into something extraordinary.