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The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections

Book Description
Why do people collect things? This ode to museums mighty and minuscule will draw curious viewers of all ages - and is worthy of collection itself.

What is a museum? Why would anyone amass shells, words, clocks, teeth, trains, dinosaurs, mummies . . . or two-headed sheep? Find out where the word "museum" comes from and what unusual items (unicorn horns? mermaids?) some early museums p... More
Book Information
PublisherCandlewick Press
BindingHardcover (11 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages56
ISBN-10B0058M5528
Publication Date09/25/2007
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About Jan Mark (Author) : Jan Mark is a published author, compiler, and an editor of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Jan Mark include Aeroplanes (Oxford Reds), Useful Idiots, The Museum... more
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About Richard Holland (Illustrator) : Richard Holland is a published illustrator of children's books. A published credit of Richard Holland is The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections.
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