Book Review: Museum Shapes (the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Museum Shapes (the Metropolitan Museum of Art)

3-year-old:  I liked the whole entire thing of the museum.

5-year-old:  My favorite part was all the shapes.  I liked all the shapes and I liked all the pictures and I liked the whole entire book.

Mommy:  This take on a toddler/preschooler basic subject—ABC, numbers, colors, shapes, and the like—is just right.  I love how interactive it is, asking questions (with an image for a hint!) then waiting to turn the page before giving the answer with more examples from works of art in the Museum’s collection.  You can read this with children who are anywhere on the spectrum of learning shapes—from first learning the lines and names of shapes to already confident and ready to show-off their expertise. 

We borrowed this book from the library (you can see the scanning code in the picture!) but I’m pretty sure it will be making its way into my permanent children’s book collection soon.  And that’s the highest compliment I can pay.

Also, this book sparked a “tips and tricks” adventure—with a friend!—that will be appearing shortly!

Most enjoyed by children 12 months and up 

(although if they have a board book version I would bump it much younger!)

 

Done any good museum book reading lately?  I'm currently in the middle of one about a museum heist that I'll share my thoughts on here at some point.  It's for older elementary school age children and older, though I'm enjoying it enough that I'm thinking I may read it aloud chapter by chapter to my boys.  I'd love to hear what you're reading and what you think about the ideas presented.  (Museum related or not!)