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    Books about Archaeology, History and Museums

    Archaeology for Kids: Uncovering the Mysteries of Our Past by Richard Panchyk. Chicago: Chicago Review Press, 2001. (Learn the techniques of archaeology with the 25 activities included in the book.)
    The Archaeology of North America by Dean R. Snow. NY: Chelsea House Publishers, 1990.
    Collect It! Making collections-from fossils to fakes by Elizabeth Newbery. London: A & C Black, 1991.
    A Day in the Life of a Museum Curator by Judith Tropea. Mahwah, NJ: Troll Associates, 1991.
    A Visit to the Sesame Street Museum (A Random House pictureback) by Liza Alexander. NY: Random House/Children's Television Workshop, 1987. (Bert, Ernie and Grover find out all about museums. Ages 4-8)
    Discover: Investigate the Mysteries of History with 40 Practical Projects Probing Our Past by Katherine Grier. Royal Ontario Museum, 1989; Published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., Reading, MA, 1990.
    Diving to the Past: Recovering Ancient Wrecks by W. John Hackwell. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988.
    Do People Grow on Family Trees? Genealogy for Kids and Other Beginners (The Official Ellis Island Handbook) by Ira Wolfman. NY: Workman Publishing, 1991. Ages 4-8
    Ella's Trip to the Museum by Elaine Clayton. NY: Crown Publishers Inc., 1996. (Ella, on a field trip to an art museum with her class, interacts with the paintings and statues in a magical way. Ages 3-8)
    The Field Mouse and the Dinosaur Named Sue by Jan Wahl (Bob Doucet, illustrator. NY: Cartwheel Books, Scholastic, Inc., 2000. (The Field Mouse loses his home under one of Sue's bones during the archaeological excavation, so he travels with the T. rex's bones to Chicago and explores the Field Museum while looking for his special bone. Ages 4-8)
    From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg. Dell Publishing Co. paperback printed 1997. (1967 Newbery Medal. Twelve-year-old Claudia and her younger brother Jamie discover the Metropolitan Museum of Art, solve a mystery, and grow up a little. Ages 9-12)
    Going to the Getty by J. Otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh. Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997. (This creative book about the Getty will give you ideas for ways to look at any museum! Ages 4-8)
    How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum by Lois Wyse and Molly Rose Goldman. NY: Workman Publishing, 1998. (Grandma usually takes Molly to "interesting places," but this time Molly takes Grandma on a tour of the American Museum of Natural History. Ages 4-8)
    I Can Be an Archaeologist by Robert B. Pickering. Chicago: Children's Press, 1987.
    Inside the Museum: A Children's Guide to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Joy Richardson. NY: Harry N. Abrams, 1993. Ages 9-12
    Let's Go to the Art Museum by Virginia K. Levy. NY: Henry N. Abrams, Inc., 1988.
    Mastodon Hunters to Mound Builders: North American Archaeology by Peter and Belia Nichols. Austin, TX: Eakin Press, 1992.
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art Activity Book by Osa Brown. NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1989.
    My Family Tree Workbook: Genealogy for Beginners by Rosemary A. Chorzempa. NY: Dover Publications, Inc., 1982.
    Right Here on This Spot by Sharon Hart Addy, illustrated by John Clapp. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999. (Picture book, ages 4-8)
    Visiting a Museum by Althea [Braithwaite]. Over, Cambridge, England: Dinosaur Publications, Ltd., n.d.
    Visiting the Art Museum by Laurene Krasny Brown and Mark Brown. NY: E.P. Dutton, 1986.
    Who Came Down That Road? by George Ella Lyon (Illustrated by Peter Catalanato). NY: Orchard Books, 1992. (Picture book, ages 4-8)
    Who Came First? New Clues to Prehistoric Americans by Patricia Lauber. Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2003. (New discoveries give the answer to the title question, plus tell how they got here and the continent from which they came.)
    Who Put the Cannon in the Courthouse Square? (Discover It Yourself Book) by Kay Cooper. NY: Avon/Camelot Book, 1993. Ages 10+
    Working at a Museum (Working Here Series) by Arthur John L'Hommedieu. CT: Children's Press, 1999. Ages 4-8
    You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman and Robin Preiss Glasser (illus.). (No words, just great drawings of museum exhibits and New York City scenes as a girl tours the museum while her yellow balloon—which escaped from the museum guard—scoots about the city. Ages 4-8)
    The Young Scientist Book of Archaeology by Barbara Cook and Sturand Reid. Tulsa, OK: EDC Publishing, 1987.

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