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The Museum of Me

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The Museum of Me follows a little girl on a journey of discovery to find out what museums are and what they have inside them. Brimming with anticipation, she finds giant bugs and peculiar beasts, ancient pots and contemporary paintings, feathery leaves and flowers as big as her own head! Marveling at museums old, new, outdoors, and even in outer space, she soon realizes that her favorite museum of all is waiting for her at home: The Museum of Me. Illustrated in a distinctive, collaged style by debut author Emma Lewis, The Museum of Me celebrates how a collection of objects can reflect our identities.

48 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2016

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Profile Image for Jesica Sabrina Canto.
Author 27 books402 followers
November 10, 2024
Interesante propuesta. Con una estética de collage, este libro busca acercar a los niños a los museos, mostrando sus diferentes tipos (histórico, ciencias naturales, arte, etc.) y el tipo de piezas que contienen. El texto es acotado y las imágenes no están “rotuladas”, por lo que, si se muestran diferentes tipos de aves, no sé sabe cuales son. Sin embargo, este minimalismo de palabras funciona bien, incentivando al deseo de conocer.
Por último, plasma la idea presentada en el título con la imagen de una habitación, a interpretarse como que cada persona también guarda una colección de objetos que lo conforman.
Profile Image for Fortuna Estudios.
196 reviews9 followers
November 5, 2021
Los museos
son grandes edificios
llenos de cosas rarísimas
y antiquísimas
de todas partes
del mundo.
Profile Image for Meg.
192 reviews
August 7, 2019
Author/illustrator Emma Lewis has created a picture book about a little girl dreaming about and visiting museums! The visits the entire city to find different types of museums: ancient artifacts, natural history, and a garden museum as examples. But the best museum is the one created at home! At the end of the book, there are pages for the reader to write about and draw their own museums. The illustrations are paper cut, photographs, and painted designs with colorful results. Originally published through the Tate Gallery in London. As Picasso has said, "Give me a museum and I will fill it!" This books will be enjoyed by preK-2nd graders.
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1,374 reviews12 followers
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June 2, 2017
Not a good book to read if you're thinking of inspiring the household to get rid of clutter.
Profile Image for Angelica Moranelli.
Author 27 books62 followers
November 4, 2017
Che luoghi meravigliosi i musei! No? Pensate siano noiosi, pieni di cose polverose che non interessano più a nessuno? Beh, vi sbagliate. Ci sono musei e musei, di tutti i tipi e per tutte le persone e, di sicuro, fra questi troverete quello giusto per voi, che magari è proprio vicinissimo e voi manco lo sapete! Come fare? Sfogliando, per esempio, lo splendido albo pubblicato da Edizioni Clichy: Il museo delle mie cose di Emma Lewis, illustratrice londinese al suo primo libro per bambini che ha vinto il Premio Opera Prima del Bologna Ragazzi Award 2017 in occasione della Bologna Children’s Book Fair.

La bambina protagonista di questa storia ha sentito parlare dei musei come di luoghi dove si conservano cose vecchissime ma, camminando per la sua città e visitando i musei che trova sul suo cammino, la piccola si accorge ben presto che non tutti i musei contengono antichissimi manufatti, come nel museo di Arte Antica! Per esempio, nel Museo di Storia Naturale ci sono insetti enormi e animali stranissimi provenienti da luoghi molti diversi del mondo, nel Museo di Astronomia ci sono oggetti moderni di ogni tipo!

Un’altra scoperta sensazionale è che non tutti i musei si trovano in grandi edifici, ad esempio ci sono musei che si trovano all’aperto, come i musei-giardino, dove sono conservate specie preziose di piante e vegetali, palme appuntite e foglie e fiori con la corolla gigantesca.

E infine, sapete qual è il museo più conosciuto di tutti e l’ultimo che la bambina visiterà? La sua stanza (ed è valido per tutti!). La propria stanza è il Museo delle Cose Preferite: giocattoli, vestiti, libri, insomma tutti gli oggetti che amiamo di più! Ricordo che da bambina adoravo trasformare la mia stanza in un museo da far visitare ai miei genitori: con una delicatezza incredibile Emma Lewis è riuscita a cogliere suggestioni infantili e a trasformarle in una storia colorata, dinamica e con un profondo significato per tutti.

Alla fine del libro, i bambini potranno giocare, scrivendo e rispondendo a domande come “Cosa ti piacerebbe collezionare?” o “Cosa è esposto nel tuo museo?”.
Profile Image for Κόκκινη  Αλεπού.
119 reviews47 followers
December 2, 2020
Ενα υπέροχο εικονογραφημένο βιβλίο για τους λάτρεις των μουσείων, μικρούς και μεγάλους, που αν και εκδόθηκε στη Βρετανία το 2017 και μεταφράστηκε στα ελληνικά το 2019, λειτουργεί -ειδικά σήμερα- σαν υπενθύμιση ότι κάποια στιγμή, όταν όλα αυτά που ζούμε σήμερα τελειώσουν, θα μπορέσουμε να επισκεφτούμε και πάλι με ασφάλεια τους χώρους που τόσο μας έχουν λείψει.

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Profile Image for Phyll.
99 reviews1 follower
March 13, 2018
interesting execution. didn't really work for me (also the passivity of the whole "odd artifacts from thousands of miles away!" thing made me blink). i liked the pages at the back where the reader can write or draw if they so choose.
Profile Image for Afnan  Alharbi.
37 reviews4 followers
October 13, 2018
The best children book I have ever read. My niece, 10 years old, loved it too. It taught us to value things we have and keep them to make glory of our own besides the beautiful way she helped us to know what is museum and what we find there.
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69 reviews
December 5, 2021
It is not my personal favourite children's book narratively. But I do think that its themes and potential to develop literacy skills with children are very strong, and for that reason I gave it four stars and plan to go get my own copy.
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640 reviews14 followers
December 8, 2019
Really great, unusual book with sharp text and fascinating illustrations (collage and mixed media). Great for a museum/art storytime.
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120 reviews
April 12, 2024
"Che tipo di Musei avranno lassù? Un numero sterminato, un' infinità tutta da visitare! Ma indovinate un po' quale collezione resta da vedere?"
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259 reviews
March 14, 2017
Mixed media illustrations. I like the message of the book, about the value of museums and exploring them.
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2,884 reviews16 followers
December 13, 2016
An unusual introduction to museums, especially the Smithsonian. Simple text is direct and clear, and brings the reader to a fun ending that helps youngsters realize they may reside within their own museum! Could prompt discussion of what people save and why.
Thick pages hold collages of cut papers and photos , often of faces.
Profile Image for Maisie.
512 reviews27 followers
August 28, 2016
Really cool mix of illustration and photographs. I liked it
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