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Sleepover at the Museum Hardcover – January 15, 2019
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Mason couldn't wait to celebrate his birthday with a sleepover at the museum of natural history--his favorite place to visit.
Armed with headlamps for the dark hallways, a map, and a list of clues, Mason and his two best friends take off on a scavenger hunt through each hall of the museum. But they aren't just trying to solve the clues. They're scouting for the best place to spend the night.
Sleeping next to a T. rex in the Hall of Dinosaurs felt too scary. And sleeping with the monarch butterflies would probably tickle. This decision isn't as easy as Mason thought it would be....
Wherever they end up, the museum at night is the best place for a birthday adventure!
- Reading age3 - 7 years
- Print length40 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- Grade levelPreschool - 2
- Lexile measure580L
- Dimensions9.25 x 0.33 x 11.38 inches
- PublisherCrown Books for Young Readers
- Publication dateJanuary 15, 2019
- ISBN-101524771406
- ISBN-13978-1524771409
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"This is a whale of a tale to hopefully inspire more museum trips for children and spark some inquisitive minds." —School Library Journal
About the Author
David Bucs began his career at KlaskyCsupo, the studio famous for Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys, and has art directed television series for Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, TLC, PBS, and Disney. David loves to create characters and bring them to life using watercolors, colored pencils, and digital media. Sleepover at the Museum is his first children's book. He lives with his wife and young son in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where life is sweet. You can follow him on Facebook and Twitter, or visit him at davidbucs.com.
Product details
- Publisher : Crown Books for Young Readers; Illustrated edition (January 15, 2019)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 40 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1524771406
- ISBN-13 : 978-1524771409
- Reading age : 3 - 7 years
- Lexile measure : 580L
- Grade level : Preschool - 2
- Item Weight : 1 pounds
- Dimensions : 9.25 x 0.33 x 11.38 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,366,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #6,461 in Children's Nature Books (Books)
- #12,222 in Children's Friendship Books
- #18,377 in Children's Action & Adventure Books (Books)
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About the authors
DAVID BUCS studied illustration at the Rhode Island School of Design. After working in the animation industry in Los Angeles as an art director and character designer, David moved to Beijing, where he was a designer in a 3D animation studio. He loves to create characters, bringing them to life through strong expression using digital media. David is the illustrator of Sleepover at the Museum by Karen Lefrak (forthcoming from Crown/Penguin Random House). He has also created artwork for Capstone, Highlights magazine, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt leveled readers. David lives with his wife and young son in Hershey, Pennsylvania, where life is sweet. Find him online: @davidbucs / davidbucs.com.
Sleepover at the Museum is named a 2020 ILA (International Literacy Association) CBC Children’s Choice Title!!!
Karen LeFrak is an author, composer, and philanthropic New Yorker. A magna cum laude graduate of Mt. Holyoke College, she continued her education earning a masters degree in Music History from Hunter College.
In her first two children’s books, JAKE THE PHILHARMONIC DOG and JAKE THE BALLET DOG, Karen’s involvement in the arts as a composer and board member of the New York Philharmonic and The Kennedy Center made her the perfect fit to introduce children to the world of music and dance. In her next book, BEST IN SHOW, Karen shares with readers another part of her life, her dogs! For over 20 years, she has raised Standard Poodles and has bred many champions along the way. Karen's most recent book SLEEPOVER AT THE MUSEUM introduces children to a natural history museum and some of its treasures. At a birthday celebration with a scavenger hunt and sleepover, children solve riddles that lead them through the various halls. The birthday child ultimately chooses the best place for their sleepover.
Music has always been a part of Karen’s life. She’s studied the piano since childhood and began composing music at the same time her career as an author took off. Her music compositions have been performed at prestigious venues in the United States, Europe, Russia and Asia.
Karen is married to Richard LeFrak, president of the LeFrak Organization, one of the world’s largest land development and building firms. They currently reside in Manhattan, Southampton, and Miami and have two sons, four grandchildren, and a pair of standard poodles. For more information, visit karenlefrak.com and for Karen’s music, visit karenlefrakmusic.com.
Look for the newest book, SLEEPOVER AT THE MUSEUM, coming out January 2019!
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Such a cute picture book about a museum. I adored it.
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- Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2019Karen LeFrak has written the most adorable children’s book. The book is very well written for a child and the illustrations are magnificent. I bought the book for a friends grandchildren and the children absolutely adore it. The children live in New YorK City
and it has given them an entirely new perspective on the Miuseum Of Natural History. I have gifted this book to many other children who do not live in New York City and it makes them feel as if they have been to the museum! I love giving books to children as gifts and this by far is THE most popular book I have ever given. I have come to realize that if there is more than one child in the family they each have to have their own book or the fighting over the book ensues! I cannot recommend this book enough and by the way adults enjoy reading it also because it is such a beautiful book.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2021Bought this as a gift for the school library. It was a cute little book.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2020I have to read twice every night before bed to my 2.5 yrs son since we got the book. Dodo bird is his favorite animal in the book.
- Reviewed in the United States on September 16, 2019This is a great story with lovely illustrations.
- Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2019Love the story and had my grandsons interested.
- Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2019Fantastic illustrations
- Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2019Princess Sophia is the perfect age for Sleepover at the Museum and while Prince Clayton falls below the targeted age range even he got excited over the cover. Both children have a slight obsession with dinosaurs.
Mason and his two best friends are celebrating his birthday with a sleepover at the natural history museum. I will be the first to admit, I was a tad jealous. I’ve always wanted to sleep at the museum or library! Mr. Caffeinated and I love museums and made it a point to take our children to them often. We even mapped them out when taking vacations. So it was exciting sharing this story with the Royals who already get excited by the local children’s museum.
This was such a fun story. Mason and his friends have to go on a scavenger hunt. If they solve all the clues Mason can choose the hall they will sleep in. This offered an exciting way to explore the museum and learn. Princess Sophia who will be four this month loved hunting for clues, identify things she recognized in the photos and asked a gazillion questions about things the book revealed. I adore when this happens. Prince Clayton who is only two got excited over the images, particularly the dinosaurs and ocean life.
David Bucs did a stellar job with the illustrations and made the museum come to life at night.
- Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2019When I had the chance to take part in the blog tour for this book, I knew I had to. Since it looks all kinds of adorable and fun. Feeling very thankful that I was able to take part in the tour and get an early copy of the book in the mail. I'm so glad I decided to read this book, because it was pretty great. Not perfect, but very adorable. Giving it four stars, as I liked it a whole lot, yet it was also not completely for me. My review will not be very long, since this picture book was so short, but will be sharing all my thoughts about it even so.
This book tells the story of Mason and his two best friends. It's his birthday and they are spending it at the museum. They are having an awesome scavenger hunt through a museum, filled with clues to lead them to the correct exhibit. I liked the clues a bunch and liked the story too. It was quick but pretty cute. Mason and his friends seemed adorable. And the illustrations in this story was so stunning. I loved the drawings so much. They were done well. Not too much writing in this book, but that was done well too. I enjoyed it.
There is not that much to say about this book. It was short, yet good too. I wouldn't have minded if it had been longer as well. It's a small adventure book filled with great things inside of a museum. I really liked learning about the different exhibits there. I wanted there to be a bit more of all of it, but still. This story was fast and cute. I liked that the children were not alone in this museum, that a guide was with them, though not always in the pictures. It made it feel safer and more real too. Mostly enjoyed this book a lot.
I must admit to having never visited a museum before. As I live in a smallish town and our museum is not very big and it is mostly about the history of our town. I must go one day, though. Because I do not know much about museums, I did not know it was possible to have a sleepover at some. Which happens in this book, and it was all kinds of awesome. At the end of the book it is shared where you can do sleepovers at museums. I loved that the information was included in the book. All kids should get a museum sleepover.
And now I'm wishing I could have a sleepover at a museum too. As this book made it sound like so much fun. I'm glad I gave this book a try. Because it was pretty sweet and such a fast and fun read too. I loved the illustrations so very much, especially the ones of the museum animals. Sleepover at the Museum was a fun and quick read. A treasure hunt through the museum full of clues. I think that many kids will adore this book. Huge thank you to the publisher for letting me read this book early for free. I adored it a bunch.
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This review was first posted on my blog, Carina's Books.
4.0 out of 5 starsWhen I had the chance to take part in the blog tour for this book, I knew I had to. Since it looks all kinds of adorable and fun. Feeling very thankful that I was able to take part in the tour and get an early copy of the book in the mail. I'm so glad I decided to read this book, because it was pretty great. Not perfect, but very adorable. Giving it four stars, as I liked it a whole lot, yet it was also not completely for me. My review will not be very long, since this picture book was so short, but will be sharing all my thoughts about it even so.Such a cute picture book about a museum. I adored it.
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2019
This book tells the story of Mason and his two best friends. It's his birthday and they are spending it at the museum. They are having an awesome scavenger hunt through a museum, filled with clues to lead them to the correct exhibit. I liked the clues a bunch and liked the story too. It was quick but pretty cute. Mason and his friends seemed adorable. And the illustrations in this story was so stunning. I loved the drawings so much. They were done well. Not too much writing in this book, but that was done well too. I enjoyed it.
There is not that much to say about this book. It was short, yet good too. I wouldn't have minded if it had been longer as well. It's a small adventure book filled with great things inside of a museum. I really liked learning about the different exhibits there. I wanted there to be a bit more of all of it, but still. This story was fast and cute. I liked that the children were not alone in this museum, that a guide was with them, though not always in the pictures. It made it feel safer and more real too. Mostly enjoyed this book a lot.
I must admit to having never visited a museum before. As I live in a smallish town and our museum is not very big and it is mostly about the history of our town. I must go one day, though. Because I do not know much about museums, I did not know it was possible to have a sleepover at some. Which happens in this book, and it was all kinds of awesome. At the end of the book it is shared where you can do sleepovers at museums. I loved that the information was included in the book. All kids should get a museum sleepover.
And now I'm wishing I could have a sleepover at a museum too. As this book made it sound like so much fun. I'm glad I gave this book a try. Because it was pretty sweet and such a fast and fun read too. I loved the illustrations so very much, especially the ones of the museum animals. Sleepover at the Museum was a fun and quick read. A treasure hunt through the museum full of clues. I think that many kids will adore this book. Huge thank you to the publisher for letting me read this book early for free. I adored it a bunch.
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This review was first posted on my blog, Carina's Books.
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