The Horn Book Guide

THE ARTS

Mark, Jan

The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections

56 pp. | Candlewick | October, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-3370-7 $18.99

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Richard Holland. Reading this book is like wandering through an eclectic and idiosyncratic museum. Mark's conversational text ranges from where the word museum comes from to the ethics of displaying looted objects to the idea of memory as one's own museum. Her voice (posthumous, alas) is strong and the information far from dry and dusty. Whimsical stylized illustrations accompany the text. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: January, 2008