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My grandson nearly 5 years old calls Claude Monet "Claude."
OK, I'll explain. I got an xmas gift catalog of the Museum of Metropolitan Arts in NYC and I sent my grandson a children's book about Claude Monet and how he painted those waterlilies. So my grandson now calls him "my friend, Claude."
He lives in NYC and I think it could sound really "precious" and like a real "New York kid." But he just likes the book and art.
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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.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/575735.You_Can_t_Take_a_Balloon_into_the_Metropolitan_Museum#
3. You Can’t Take a Balloon Into The Metropolitan Museum by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman and Robin Preiss Glasser, 1998
The last of our books is actually wordless, which perhaps is very appropriate when approaching famous works of art. The illustrations of this book are stunning in style as well as sheer detail in each page. A mixture of single image spreads and graphic novel-like individual boxes, the story is simple while surrounded by an almost Where’s Waldo kind of backdrop.
It all starts when a little girl walks up to The Metropolitan Museum of Art with a balloon in hand. One of the staff authoritatively declares the balloon must go, but then guiltily promises to keep watch over it while she enjoys the museum. The balloon escapes and leads the man and many others on a chase throughout Manhattan surrounding the museum, all while the little girl and her grandmother marvel over the museum contents, pictured in real photographs and cut-outs. It is a fantastic story, with amazingly expressive details and a wonderfully purposeful use of color. This is a book to be pored over as you study the story, illustrations and the celebrated works to remember housed at the MET.
http://www.threebooksanight.com/lists/lets-read-three-art-museum-books/
The last of our books is actually wordless, which perhaps is very appropriate when approaching famous works of art. The illustrations of this book are stunning in style as well as sheer detail in each page. A mixture of single image spreads and graphic novel-like individual boxes, the story is simple while surrounded by an almost Where’s Waldo kind of backdrop.
It all starts when a little girl walks up to The Metropolitan Museum of Art with a balloon in hand. One of the staff authoritatively declares the balloon must go, but then guiltily promises to keep watch over it while she enjoys the museum. The balloon escapes and leads the man and many others on a chase throughout Manhattan surrounding the museum, all while the little girl and her grandmother marvel over the museum contents, pictured in real photographs and cut-outs. It is a fantastic story, with amazingly expressive details and a wonderfully purposeful use of color. This is a book to be pored over as you study the story, illustrations and the celebrated works to remember housed at the MET.
http://www.threebooksanight.com/lists/lets-read-three-art-museum-books/
-- Mal
