Coolest Collections

by Duling

Overview

Introduce your child to different aspects of history and the roles museums play in the community in the children’s book Coolest Collections.

What are some of the quirkiest museum collections in the world? Learn about the impact museums have on preserving history and priceless artifacts.

Storybook Features:

• This children’s book features an index, a glossary, bolded text, and new vocabulary to help develop reading skills.
• 48 pages with vivid photographs
• Lexile 1080L

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781731652287
Publisher:	Rourke Educational Media
Publication date:	03/11/2022
Series:	Travel to...
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.90(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1080L (what's this?)
Age Range:	10 - 15 Years

Table of Contents

Massive Museums and Landmark Collections 4

You Collect mat? 12

Preserving Culture and Community 22

Creepy (and Crawly!) Collections 30

Interacting with Art 38

We Traveled to 44

Glossary 45

Index 46

Text-Dependent Questions 46

Extension Activity 46

Bibliography 47

About the Author 48

Editorial Reviews

The latest titles in this series cover a wide range of places to discover. Every title starts with before, during, and after reading activities to extend learning and is followed by a table of contents. A combination of graphic renderings and photographs are paired with one or two paragraphs that may also include a side panel that generally connects the reader further to more specific information, such as museums going digital during global disasters (Coolest Collections). This series does not shy away from nuanced topics, including repatriation of art to the original country (Coolest Collections) or why protests around the world happen. For instance, the the Patriarch of the Orthodox Russian Church campaigned for Vladimir Putin, there was a large protest in 2012 (Places of Protest). Although each titles has a lot of information, the sections are relatively short and can be read as a whole or on their own. The back matter includes a glossary, index, bibliography, text-dependent questions, and extended activities. VERDICT A fantastic overview for older readers who want to the learn more about the nuances of culture and activism. -School Library Journal


Kids like armchair travel, too, and this series uses unexpected themes to present significant places around the world (e.g., protest sites) and fascinating artifacts from history (via museum collections). This highly illustrated series is well sourced and curiosity driven.


Kids like armchair travel too, and this entry in the Travel to . . . series (2 titles) brings them to museums of all kinds worldwide. Each institution is covered on a page, with an overview of the collection accompanied by fun fact boxes. This work is highly illustrated, making it an attractive browse as well as an interesting complement to history and art studies. Clear color photos display the inside and outside of many museums, while smaller inset photos showcase particular items they’ve collected. The best part of this book is the “they have a museum about THAT?” factor, as world famous places such as the Paris’s Louvre and Cairo’s Egyptian Museum here brush elbows with the Neon Museum in Las Vegas and Delhi’s Museum of Toilets. Also of benefit is the book’s discussion of collecting practices in the past and today, particularly in the British Museum entry, which emphasizes that many objects there "have been acquired through less respectable means." An engaging, fact-filled, and illuminating title that is also very well sourced. — Booklist

From the Publisher

04/01/2022

Gr 9 Up—The latest titles in this series cover a wide range of places to discover. Every title starts with before, during, and after reading activities to extend learning and is followed by a table of contents. A combination of graphic renderings and photographs are paired with one or two paragraphs that may also include a side panel that generally connects the reader further to more specific information, such as museums going digital during global disasters (Coolest Collections). This series does not shy away from nuanced topics, including repatriation of art to the original country (Coolest Collections) or why protests around the world happen. For instance, when the Patriarch of the Orthodox Russian Church campaigned for Vladimir Putin, there was a large protest in 2012 (Places of Protest). Although each title has a lot of information, the sections are relatively short and can be read as a whole or on their own. The back matter includes a glossary, index, bibliography, text-dependent questions, and extended activities. VERDICT A fantastic overview for older readers who want to learn more about the nuances of culture and activism.

School Library Journal