The Museum
The Inside Story
Published on 11. July 2024
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-1-83899-338-2 (ISBN)
Description
Find out what goes on behind the scenes at a natural history museum in this illustrated non-fiction story by tour guide Dustin Growick.
This gentle story is an ideal gift shop purchase for kids who have enjoyed a trip around a science museum. It follows the exploits of several characters - including a family, a school trip, and some security guards - over the course of a busy day. Along the way readers will discover how the museum team put on exhibitions and how dinosaur fossils are carefully preserved. They will also gain access to the incredible vaults underground that store 99% of a museum's collections!
Stunning illustrations by Laura Martin bring the world of a museum to life - from the high-vaulted ceilings of the entrance hall to the planetarium - with plenty of things to spot in the illustrations for eagle-eyed readers.
By the end of the book kids will have a newfound respect for all of the work that goes on to make every museum experience memorable.
This gentle story is an ideal gift shop purchase for kids who have enjoyed a trip around a science museum. It follows the exploits of several characters - including a family, a school trip, and some security guards - over the course of a busy day. Along the way readers will discover how the museum team put on exhibitions and how dinosaur fossils are carefully preserved. They will also gain access to the incredible vaults underground that store 99% of a museum's collections!
Stunning illustrations by Laura Martin bring the world of a museum to life - from the high-vaulted ceilings of the entrance hall to the planetarium - with plenty of things to spot in the illustrations for eagle-eyed readers.
By the end of the book kids will have a newfound respect for all of the work that goes on to make every museum experience memorable.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 5 to 8 years
Dimensions
Height: 276 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-83899-338-2 (9781838993382)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Dustin Growick is a science communicator and author who spent several years working as a tour guide at the American Museum of Natural History. Dustin helped conceive, launch, and build Museum Hack, a business featuring one-of-a-kind adult museum experiences that key on audience engagement and exceptional storytelling. He is also a dinosaur expert who has previously written two dinosaur books for DK.
Laura Martin was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She worked for almost a decade in children's publishing companies as editorial designer and illustration assistant before becoming a freelance illustrator. She's very curious and loves to research the things she is interested in and express them through colourful and cosy illustrations.
Laura Martin was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She worked for almost a decade in children's publishing companies as editorial designer and illustration assistant before becoming a freelance illustrator. She's very curious and loves to research the things she is interested in and express them through colourful and cosy illustrations.