You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum
While she's in the Metropolitan Museum with her grandmother, a little girl leaves her prized yellow balloon tied to a railing outside. But its string becomes untied, and the balloon embarks on an uproarious journey through New York City. With an ever-increasing cast of wacky urban characters in...
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While she's in the Metropolitan Museum with her grandmother, a little girl leaves her prized yellow balloon tied to a railing outside. But its string becomes untied, and the balloon embarks on an uproarious journey through New York City. With an ever-increasing cast of wacky urban characters in tow, it soars past a host of landmarks. Eighteen famous paintings and sculptures are reproduced in this delightful, wordless book that explores the magical relationship between art and life.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140568165 (0140568166)
Publish date: January 29th 2001
Publisher: Puffin Books
Pages no: 40
Edition language: English
Series: You Can't Take a Balloon...
This is a wonderfully detailed, beautifully executed wordless book. The 'authors' have created a clever, funny and entertaining storyline that incorporates 'real' art with 'real' life. And it's just plain fun. The illustrations remind me a lot of Hilary Knight (Eloise). Highly recommended!
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