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The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum |
Author: Kate Bernheimer
Published: 2008-02-12 |
List price: $16.99
Our price: $11.55
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Customer comments on this selection.
 My granddaughter's opinion
I gave this book to my four and a half year-old granddaughter. After we had read it a few times over a few days, her mother asked her, "Is that a good book?" Caitlin replied in her matter-of-fact way, "It is a WONDERFUL book." I agree, but I was more interested in what she thought. I now give the book regularly as a gift to other families.
 Beautiful illustrations but where's the story?
I bought this book for the pictures, hoping that the story would be worth the money. Unfortunately, the story left me cold - in fact there really is no plot. The premise for the book is that there is a tiny girl inside a toy-sized castle inside a museum. She has no adventures, nothing interesting happens, and you get to the end of the book and wonder why you bothered. The illustrations are beautiful though.
 Pictures Beautiful, text/story average
The pictures are unbelievably imaginative, hard to take your eyes away. The text, though, is average; not nearly on the same level as the pictures. I would say you should take this one out from the library.
It would be neat to order reprints of the illustrations to hang on a child's wall.
beautiful
i absolutely love the illustrations in this book. this artist is one of my preferred, her pictures are so soft and expressive, i just love it. and as if the illustrations themselves weren't enough, the story isn't that bad either. it's very short and is about a girl inside a miniature castle in a museum (hence the title). someone tells us about the girl and then we get to see the girl up close and find out that she wants a friend. in the end she gets the reader to be her friend... in a way. its a cute story line, but with the ethereal pictures it goes beyond being cute to being something more meaningful.
amazingly well done.
Dreamy, enchanting
I purchased this for my daughter but found myself drawn to the book. It's beautifully illustrated -- you'll linger on every page. The story is simple yet magical, with a "surprise" at the end for the reader. Enjoy!
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