Another Night at the Museum

by Milan Trenc, Milan Trenc (Illustrator)

Overview

Larry is a night guard at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. He is also late for work. In his hurry to get out of the bathtub and to his job, he forgets things. Things like shutting off the faucet. . . .

What would happen if Larry's bathtub caused the city to flood? What would become of the museum, particularly the fabulous creatures in the Ocean Room like the blue octopus and giant whale?

Join Milan Trenc, the creator of The Night at the Museum, for more adventures inside a world that few ever get to experience—the mysterious world of a museum after the lights go out. It's Another Night at the Museum!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466832268
Publisher:	Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication date:	07/09/2013
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	29 MB
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Age Range:	5 - 9 Years

About the Author

Milan Trenc was born in Zagreb, Croatia, where he studied graphic arts and film. His illustrations have appeared in The New York Times and The New Yorker, among other publications. He is the creator of the picture book The Night at the Museum, which was made into two popular 20th Century Fox family films. He divides his time between the United States and Croatia.

Editorial Reviews

The author of Night at the Museum (1994, revised 2007, film version 2006) gives the marine exhibits a turn to frolic.” —Kirkus

“The colors–blues, greens, yellow, pink–work well with the underwater theme, and the sight of half-submerged New York icons will excite kids who recognize them. This zany story is awash in good-natured bumbling, sea animals, and dream logic. Sure to be of interest due to the popularity of the movie based on The Night at the Museum.” —School Library Journal

“Trenc follows up his Night at the Museum (2006) with another cheerfully outlandish romp starring thesleepy night watchman of the Museum of Natural History.” —Booklist

From the Publisher

K-Gr 2—Larry, the sleepy guard from The Night at the Museum (Barron's, 1993), is back for another adventure at the American Museum of Natural History. This time he falls asleep in the Ocean Hall while wondering if he turned off the faucet in his bathtub. He "awakes" to his daughter's phone call alerting him that New York City is flooded. All the animals from the Ocean Hall disappear into the tree-high water. Melissa arrives just as the whole museum is pushed down Central Park West by the escaped blue whale and giant octopus. They sail past the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty as she frolics with myriad sea creatures. By promising them an even better adventure the next night, Larry convinces the critters to haul the museum home and return to their exhibit before morning. The trip back includes a quick stop by Larry's apartment so he can turn off his faucet. Trenc's pencil and ink illustrations aptly depict this wacky adventure. The colors-blues, greens, yellow, pink-work well with the underwater theme, and the sight of half-submerged New York icons will excite kids who recognize them. This zany story is awash in good-natured bumbling, sea animals, and dream logic. Sure to be of interest due to the popularity of the movie based on The Night at the Museum.—Catherine Callegari, Gay-Kimball Library, Troy, NH

School Library Journal

In this blatantly commercial retread, the author of Night at the Museum (1994, revised 2007, film version 2006) gives the marine exhibits a turn to frolic. Having hurried to work, museum guard Larry frets as he nods off that he's left the bathtub faucet on back home--which translates in a dream to a flooded Manhattan and a museum building pushed out to sea by the blue whale and other reanimated specimens. The cartoon art looks equally dashed off, with sketchy backdrops fronted by hastily drawn figures like an octopus that never shows more than five tentacles and a seahorse that's the same size as the adjacent sea turtle. Unsurprisingly, with help from his daughter Melissa, Larry gets the faucet turned off, the water drained away and the exhibits back in their proper places before dawn. Earnest closing disclaimers that it's not actually possible either to flood Manhattan from a faucet or to pull the American Museum of Natural History anywhere are superfluous, if not downright condescending. In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, flooding New York might not be the best-timed story idea. Larry's promise of yet more sequels in the works is equally ill-advised. (Picture book. 5-7)

Kirkus Reviews