The Museum of Everything by Lynne Rae Perkins
Published by Greenwillow Books on May 11, 2021
ISBN: 0062986309
Pages: 40
Genres: Realistic Fiction
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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Recommending for cream.  A young girl explains to readers how she focuses on details when the world becomes overwhelming.  She imagines them as pieces in a museum, even if the museum is in her mind.  The young narrator quietly and gently allows the reader to think, ask questions and wonder about various things.  After a time of thinking and imagining museums, the young girl then goes back outside to the busy world.  Perkins brings these contemplative thoughts alive with bright three-dimensional illustrations that clearly show textures, movement and a creative use of everyday things.   Some of the illustrations demand multiple “viewings” and easily could pass for rooms in a doll house or an art installation.  There is much to see, feel and think about in this gem of a picture book most suitable for prek-3 grade readers.

Reviewed by Sheila Dube, Youth Services, Springvale Public Library