Amazement Park

Maze Books

by Roxie Munro

Book by Roxie Munro

Genres: Picture Books

40 pages, Hardcover

First published February 17, 2005

About the author

Roxie Munro has been an artist from the age of six, when she won first prize in a county-wide contest for a painting of a bowl of fruit. She has supported herself all her life on her art, at one point freelancing in Washington DC as a television courtroom artist. Clients included CBS, the Washington Post, and the Associated Press. Fourteen of her paintings have been published as covers of "The New Yorker" magazine.

Roxie is an award-winning author/illustrator of more than 35 books for children, primarily nonfiction. Her books have been translated into French, Italian, Dutch, Chinese, and Japanese. Recent books: "Hatch!"; "EcoMazes: 12 Earth Adventures"; "Desert Days, Desert Nights"; "Inside-Outside Dinosaurs"; and "Busy Builders."

"Roxie's a-MAZE-ing Vacation Adventure" is an interactive animated maze game app for the iPad and iPhone; "Roxie's Doors" is a 3-D animated book app for the iPad (OCG Studios, developer). She also did all the art for the new product KIWiSTORYBOOKS (Kids Interactive Walk-in Story Books).

She creates oils, watercolors, prints, and drawings, primarily cityscapes, which are exhibited widely in the US in galleries and museums. Roxie's work is in numerous private, public, and corporate collections.

Roxie Munro studied at the University of Maryland, the Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore), received a BFA in Painting from the University of Hawaii, attended graduate school at Ohio University (Athens), and received a Yaddo Fellowship. She lectures in museums, schools, conventions, and teaches watercolor on ships, workshops, and in the Paint in Italy program.

Many of her paintings are views from the roof of her sky-lighted loft studio in Long Island City, just across the East River from her home in mid-Manhattan. Roxie is married to the Swedish writer/photographer, Bo Zaunders.

Check out her website at www.roxiemunro.com

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another Munro hit! Perfect for long car trips, it screams summer.

[Dorothy Mahoney · Rating 5 out of 5]

This looks like a great Christmas gift. Very clever idea of an amazement park comprised of twelve mazes with particular details to search and an answer key at the back. Guessing the favourite pages will be the Dinosaur Daze and the Pirate's Cove. Clever!

[Megan MacDonald · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a different, interactive book. There is no reading in this book, besides the directions on the first page, and could be very fun for children to see how they can play in a book. Each page has a differnt maze on it and requires the reader to find certain things or directons on each page. A fun game in a book!

[Sharon · Rating 5 out of 5]

This has been a favorite of my granddaughter for over a year! The goal is to find the man with the three balloons and the ice cream stand on each page. Detailed drawings of each area of an amusement park, and thank you , Roxie Munro, for the answer keys in the back. Super book for sharing, searching, and attention to detail! All ages will enjoy!

[Nielson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a really fun book. At first I thought it was overwhelming, but it would be a great book to have in the classroom for kids to look at. It is a little difficult, but the answers are in the back. It is very interactive.

[Austin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of the mazes might be too tough for children to figure out, but an easier way is provided if children can't figure it out.

[Cindy Pardew]

A book of mazes at an amusement park. The way to get in and out of the park is to complete all the mazes.

[Naomi · Rating 4 out of 5]

My son has enjoyed looking at this book and finding his way through the mazes. Ever since we checked it out from the library, he picks it every night for his bedtime book.

[Kevin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book.