It’s time for a bookish field trip!
Summer is a wonderful time to visit a museum where you can explore and stay cool. MousterWorks, written and illustrated by Angela C. Hawkins, (Gnome Road Publishing 2025) is the perfect picture book to read as you begin a museum adventure.
Young mice, Cosette and Pépin, join Grand-mère on a splendid adventure through a mouse hole into a museum. They gaze at brilliant interpretations of well-known painting by famous artists such as Claude Monet, Mary Cassatt, and Edward Banister. Cosette excitedly engages with the art while her brother, Pépin, searches for cheese in the art and eventually realizes that he can be an artist and paint his favorite things.
MousterWorks provides a kid-friendly introduction to art. The illustrations are rich with color and emotion. Children will love searching for mice cleverly hidden in the “mousterpieces.”. It is filled with imagination and whimsy with glorious spreads that invite children to spend time discovering the people, places, and feeling that each artist expresses.
Can you find the mouse?
Author/ Illustrator, Angela C. Hawkins, has a wonderful MousterWorks website which shares the original art that inspired each illustration as well as coloring pages and art activities. MousterWorks is exactly the book you need to introduce children to the world of art and museums.
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