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Author: Lucy Rosen
Publisher: HarperFestival
Published: 2009-04-14
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780061715600
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Young fans of "Night at the Museum" and its sequel, opening in theaters on May 22, can recreate all the action and adventure from the movies with the reusable stickers. Full color. Consumable.
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Publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books
Published: 2009-04-30
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780007310692
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The exhibits from the New York Museum of Natural History are being put into storage at the Smithsonian Federal Archives in Washington, D.C. The magical Golden Tablet that brings them to life goes with them, but soon falls into the wrong hands! Can their old night guard, Larry Daley, save them before it's too late?
Author: Catherine Hapka
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2009-04-14
Total Pages: 36
ISBN-13: 9780061715587
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →When his museum friends are captured, Larry knows that he must save them! Will Larry and his new friend Amelia Earhart swoop in to the rescue in time?
Author: A. J. Wilde
Publisher: HarperFestival
Published: 2009-04-14
Total Pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9780061715556
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Museum guard Larry Daley learns that the ancient Egyptian tablet of Ahkmenrah, which makes the exhibits come to life, was shipped to the Smithsonian and he must stop it from falling into the wrong hands.
Author: Emily B. Korrell
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution
Published: 2013-03-12
Total Pages: 129
ISBN-13: 1588343499
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →From Dorothy's red slippers to dinosaurs to the Wright brothers' plane, the Smithsonian is filled with objects fascinating to kids. Yet choosing what to see at the Smithsonian can challenge even the most enthusiastic families. Packed with activities, information, and pictures, this lively new guide offers children ages 8-12 years a way to navigate the Smithsonian. Engaging maps, photographs, and illustrations present the main museum halls along with puzzles, games, mad libs, and pages for journal entries, drawings, and superlatives that will help get kids ready for their big trip to the nation's capital and keep them focused and attentive as they navigate the world's largest museum complex that is the Smithsonian Institution. Awesome Adventures at the Smithsonian (spiral bound) is the perfect way to engage any child on their big trip to Washington, DC, and the Smithsonian.
Author: Milan Trenc
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2006-11-01
Total Pages: 35
ISBN-13: 1438067100
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Perfect for fans of Wellie Wishers and Billie B. Brown books, The Night at the Museum is the next adventure book for Dino Riders, Jurassic fanatics, and Smithsonian superstars! The book that inspired the iconic Night at the Museum movies will bring every trip to the museum—to life! Set in New York's Museum of Natural History, Larry, the museum nightguard, soon finds things aren't what they seem. Strange magic has led to the most amazing vanishing act in the museum's rich history—the entire dinosaur collection has disappeared! Could they have come...to life? The Night at the Museum masterfully blends mystery and comedy, making it the perfect museum book for teachers and educators. Kids of all ages will love the author's original illustrations on every page. Don't wait to discover what dinosaurs do after dark with The Night at the Museum!
Author: Brian Switek
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Published: 2013-04-16
Total Pages: 238
ISBN-13: 1466836768
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Hudson Booksellers Staff Pick for the Best Books of 2013 One of Publishers Weekly's Top Ten Spring Science Books A Bookshop Santa Cruz Staff Pick Dinosaurs, with their awe-inspiring size, terrifying claws and teeth, and otherworldly abilities, occupy a sacred place in our childhoods. They loom over museum halls, thunder through movies, and are a fundamental part of our collective imagination. In My Beloved Brontosaurus, the dinosaur fanatic Brian Switek enriches the childlike sense of wonder these amazing creatures instill in us. Investigating the latest discoveries in paleontology, he breathes new life into old bones. Switek reunites us with these mysterious creatures as he visits desolate excavation sites and hallowed museum vaults, exploring everything from the sex life of Apatosaurus and T. rex's feather-laden body to just why dinosaurs vanished. (And of course, on his journey, he celebrates the book's titular hero, "Brontosaurus"—who suffered a second extinction when we learned he never existed at all—as a symbol of scientific progress.) With infectious enthusiasm, Switek questions what we've long held to be true about these beasts, weaving in stories from his obsession with dinosaurs, which started when he was just knee-high to a Stegosaurus. Endearing, surprising, and essential to our understanding of our own evolution and our place on Earth, My Beloved Brontosaurus is a book that dinosaur fans and anyone interested in scientific progress will cherish for years to come.
Author: Nina Simon
Publisher: Museum 2.0
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 391
ISBN-13: 0615346502
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Visitor participation is a hot topic in the contemporary world of museums, art galleries, science centers, libraries and cultural organizations. How can your institution do it and do it well? The Participatory Museum is a practical guide to working with community members and visitors to make cultural institutions more dynamic, relevant, essential places. Museum consultant and exhibit designer Nina Simon weaves together innovative design techniques and case studies to make a powerful case for participatory practice. "Nina Simon's new book is essential for museum directors interested in experimenting with audience participation on the one hand and cautious about upending the tradition museum model on the other. In concentrating on the practical, this book makes implementation possible in most museums. More importantly, in describing the philosophy and rationale behind participatory activity, it makes clear that action does not always require new technology or machinery. Museums need to change, are changing, and will change further in the future. This book is a helpful and thoughtful road map for speeding such transformation." -Elaine Heumann Gurian, international museum consultant and author of Civilizing the Museum "This book is an extraordinary resource. Nina has assembled the collective wisdom of the field, and has given it her own brilliant spin. She shows us all how to walk the talk. Her book will make you want to go right out and start experimenting with participatory projects." -Kathleen McLean, participatory museum designer and author of Planning for People in Museum Exhibitions "I predict that in the future this book will be a classic work of museology." --Elizabeth Merritt, founding director of the Center for the Future of Museums
Author: Dorothea DePrisco
Publisher: Silver Dolphin Books
Published: 2015-03-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781626861633
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Explore the science of the Earth with Smithsonian Discover: Earth. With Smithsonian Discover: Earth, kids can take a tour of Earth’s fiery core, scale Mount Everest, scuba-dive in the Great Barrier Reef, and hunker down during a hurricane, all without ever leaving the safety of their living rooms. A must-have for any kid who calls Earth home, this engaging book contains three sections: Amazing Earth (all about the inside and outside of the planet), the Blue Planet (covering awesome oceans, raging rivers, and great lakes), and Wild Weather (which explains the science of weather and goes inside natural disasters). Each page contains science presented simply, and facts backed by the museum professionals of the Smithsonian. The compelling content is only the tip of the iceberg (only a tenth of which floats above the ocean’s surface, as you’ll learn). This engaging title also delivers hands-on activities like you would find at the Smithsonian. Bound right into the book are 12 Earth fact cards, a large double-sided map of the world, and materials to construct a three-dimensional paper globe. Though we walk its surface every day, Smithsonian Discover: Earth will surely teach kids that Earth is one fascinating planet!
Author: Linda Weintraub
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2012-09-01
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 0520273613
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This title documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z, presenting a panorama of artistic responses to environmental concerns, from Ant Farms anti-consumer antics in the 1970s to Marina Zurkows 2007 animation that anticipates the havoc wreaked upon the planet by global warming.
