Nov 24, 2012ELIZABETH RAMSEY BIRD rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Basically author/illustrator Jessie Hartland came up with a radical notion. Why not combine a book that explains the jobs people do with a real life mystery (how a busted sphinx was returned to its full splendor for display in the Metropolitan Museum of Art) and then present it in a cumulative tale format? Why that’s so crazy it just might work. And work it does in a story that satisfies a child’s need for story while also working in some pretty cool details about why museums are full of statues from other countries far far away.
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How the Sphinx Got to the Museum