You Can't Take a Balloon Into the Metropolitan Museum
Publication Information
Author:  Weitzman, Jacqueline	Illustrator:  Glasser, Robin
Title:  You Can't Take a Balloon Into the Metropolitan Museum	Date:  1998
Publisher:  Dial	City:  New York
ISBN, paperback:  0-8037-2301-6	ISBN, hardback:
Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes	ESOL:
Family:   Yes	Young Adult:
Picture:   Yes
General Information:
Book Type(s):    wordless, fiction
HSE Descriptor(s):    language arts - reading
Summary:
While a girl and her grandmother view works of art at the Metropolitan Museum in New York City, the girl's escaped balloon travels around the city. The author of this wordless book include a list of the names and artists of the works of art that are included.
Teaching Ideas:
Although the book will probably appeal more to urban readers, the humorous illustrations might encourage most low-level readers to create a story to accompany them. Students could develop a chart comparing the parallel images of the works of art and locations in the city. Students can locate the works of art and others by the same artist on the web site below. Students can use the second web site to locate the Central Park Zoo and skating rink, the Trump Plaza (formerly the Plaza Hotel), and Lincoln Center and estimate the distance traveled by the balloon. Web sites: maps.yahoo.com, www.aacessmaps.com/show/map, www.metmuseum.org
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Communities > urban > city Art and Photography > art > museums

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