Gaspard and Lisa at the Museum


Book Description

The Misadventures of Gaspard and Lisa series continues with an exciting class field trip to the Museum of Natural History. Gaspard and Lisa decide to play a joke on their classmates by becoming part of the exhibit. Their plan works perfectly, so perfectly that when the museum closes for the night, guess who are locked in?







Katie and the Mona Lisa


Book Description

While visiting the art museum, Katie has an adventure stepping in and out of five paintings by van Gogh, Gauguin, and Cezanne. Includes information about postimpressionism and the particular paintings and artists in the story.




Lisa's Airplane Trip


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Lisa travels on an airplane by herself to visit her uncle in New York.




Katie and the Dinosaurs


Book Description

A visit to the Natural History Museum turns into an adventure for Katie when she steps back in time to the world of the dinosaurs! Katie helps a baby dinosaur find his family, rides on the back of a Brontosaurus, and has a picnic with a Triceratops! But just what will she feed a very hungry and fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex? James has been delighting children with his Katie stories for a quarter of a century. As part of the 25th birthday celebrations, we will be reissuing the whole series with an exciting new cover look.




The Architecture of Memory


Book Description

Recalling life in a single house occupied by several Jewish and Muslim families, in the generation before Algerian independence, this is a micro-history of a period which came to an end in the early 1960s.




Gaspard and Lisa at the Museum


Book Description

While on a school field trip to the natural history museum, Gaspard and Lisa have an exciting adventure in the dinosaur room.




The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum


Book Description

"This book takes you through the collection gallery by gallery, illuminating the art and installations in each room"--From preface.




Gaspard on Vacation


Book Description

While on vacation, Gaspard escapes from his family's endless visits to museums and embarks on his own exciting adventure. Illustrations.




Gaspard and Lisa, Friends Forever


Book Description

On Lisa's first day at her new school she meets Gaspard, and they do not like one another at all.