Find out what goes on behind the scenes at a natural history museum in this illustrated non-fiction story by tour guide Dustin Growick.This gentle story is an ideal gift shop purchase for kids who have enjoyed a trip around a science museum. It follows the exploits of several characters – including a family, a school trip, and some security guards – over the course of a busy day. Along the way readers will discover how the museum team put on exhibitions and how dinosaur fossils are carefully preserved. They will also gain access to the incredible vaults underground that store 99% of a museum’s collections!Stunning illustrations by Laura Martín bring the world of a museum to life – from the high-vaulted ceilings of the entrance hall to the planetarium – with plenty of things to spot in the illustrations for eagle-eyed readers.By the end of the book kids will have a newfound respect for all of the work that goes on to make every museum experience memorable.
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Spend a day behind the scenes at a natural history museum in this illustrated non-fiction story by tour guide Dustin Growick.
Neon Squid creates beautiful nonfiction books for inquisitive kids (and kids at heart).
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ISBN
9781838993382
Publisert
2024-07-11
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Vendor
Priddy Books
Høyde
276 mm
Bredde
216 mm
Aldersnivå
J, 02
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Product language
Engelsk
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Om bidragsyterne
Dustin Growick is a science communicator and author who spent several years working as a tour guide at the American Museum of Natural History. Dustin helped conceive, launch, and build Museum Hack, a business featuring one-of-a-kind adult museum experiences that key on audience engagement and exceptional storytelling. He is also a dinosaur expert who has previously written two dinosaur books for DK.
Laura Martín was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She worked for almost a decade in children's publishing companies as editorial designer and illustration assistant before becoming a freelance illustrator. She’s very curious and loves to research the things she is interested in and express them through colourful and cosy illustrations.