Behind the Museum Door: Poems to Celebrate the Wonders of Museums Hardcover

Book is in mint condition. My students are enjoying the wonderful museum poems.

Behind the museum door: poems to celebrate the wonders of museumsSelected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and illustrated by Stacey Dressen-McQueen.Previously published and new poems by the likes of Myra Cohn Livingston, Lilian Moore, Jane Yolen, and J. Patrick Lewis celebrate the many treasures found in museums. Lee Bennett Hopkins starts with his poem, Behind the Museum Door that lists some of these treasures: "Ancient necklaces, African art, armor of knights, a peasant cart", and all these objects are vibrantly illustrated in a two-page spread.Beverly McLoughland in her poem, Suit of Armor pens:In its human shapeof molded steel,It looks as thoughThere's someone realInside. You Knock:"Hello in there,"And hear a dullEcho of airAs though a voiceWere drifting throughThe lonely centuriesTo you.A girl stares wonderingly at the suit of armor and in the background a knight on a horse fights a dragon.Another poem, Stirring Art shows multicultural children dancing underneath a mobile. Beautysuspended insuspence.A breath of airAwakensLifeless form--Seeitdance.O Trilobite by Alice Schertle is an ode to these little microscopic creatures. She begins her poem with: O trilobite, there are a few, here in the Fossil Room, of you. Once billions strong you ruled the sea, A Cambrian Age majority.Trilobites swim across a dark page surrounding the words that are set against a teal background. Multicultural children, although their facial expressions are not very distinctive from one another, reveal in posture their pleasure as they point excitedly to exhibits; some children hold hands or stand with their arms across the shoulders of their friends. These twelve poems encourage an appreciation for the wonders of museums. They can be read aloud, however; there often is a bit of clutter in the illustrations that requires closer examination.Behind the museum door: poems to celebrate the wonders of museumsSelected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and illustrated by Stacey Dressen-McQueen.Previously published and new poems by the likes of Myra Cohn Livingston, Lilian Moore, Jane Yolen, and J. Patrick Lewis celebrate the many treasures found in museums. Lee Bennett Hopkins starts with his poem, Behind the Museum Door that lists some of these treasures: "Ancient necklaces, African art, armor of knights, a peasant cart", and all these objects are vibrantly illustrated in a two-page spread.Beverly McLoughland in her poem, Suit of Armor pens:In its human shapeof molded steel,It looks as thoughThere's someone realInside. You Knock:"Hello in there,"And hear a dullEcho of airAs though a voiceWere drifting throughThe lonely centuriesTo you.A girl stares wonderingly at the suit of armor and in the background a knight on a horse fights a dragon.Another poem, Stirring Art shows multicultural children dancing underneath a mobile. Beautysuspended insuspence.A breath of airAwakensLifeless form--Seeitdance.O Trilobite by Alice Schertle is an ode to these little microscopic creatures. She begins her poem with: O trilobite, there are a few, here in the Fossil Room, of you. Once billions strong you ruled the sea, A Cambrian Age majority.Trilobites swim across a dark page surrounding the words that are set against a teal background. Multicultural children, although their facial expressions are not very distinctive from one another, reveal in posture their pleasure as they point excitedly to exhibits; some children hold hands or stand with their arms across the shoulders of their friends. These twelve poems encourage an appreciation for the wonders of museums. They can be read aloud, however; there often is a bit of clutter in the illustrations that requires closer examination.Behind the museum door: poems to celebrate the wonders of museumsSelected by Lee Bennett Hopkins and illustrated by Stacey Dressen-McQueen.Previously published and new poems by the likes of Myra Cohn Livingston, Lilian Moore, Jane Yolen, and J. Patrick Lewis celebrate the many treasures found in museums. Lee Bennett Hopkins starts with his poem, Behind the Museum Door that lists some of these treasures: "Ancient necklaces, African art, armor of knights, a peasant cart", and all these objects are vibrantly illustrated in a two-page spread.Beverly McLoughland in her poem, Suit of Armor pens:In its human shapeof molded steel,It looks as thoughThere's someone realInside. You Knock:"Hello in there,"And hear a dullEcho of airAs though a voiceWere drifting throughThe lonely centuriesTo you.A girl stares wonderingly at the suit of armor and in the background a knight on a horse fights a dragon.Another poem, Stirring Art shows multicultural children dancing underneath a mobile. Beautysuspended insuspence.A breath of airAwakensLifeless form--Seeitdance.O Trilobite by Alice Schertle is an ode to these little microscopic creatures. She begins her poem with: O trilobite, there are a few, here in the Fossil Room, of you. Once billions strong you ruled the sea, A Cambrian Age majority.Trilobites swim across a dark page surrounding the words that are set against a teal background. Multicultural children, although their facial expressions are not very distinctive from one another, reveal in posture their pleasure as they point excitedly to exhibits; some children hold hands or stand with their arms across the shoulders of their friends. These twelve poems encourage an appreciation for the wonders of museums. They can be read aloud, however; there often is a bit of clutter in the illustrations that requires closer examination.