A Funny Thing Happened at the Museum...
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Picture Book · Ages 6–9 · 2017

A Funny Thing Happened at the Museum...

By Davide Cali, Benjamin Chaud

Part of the I Didn't Do My Homework Because... series

A museum visit turns into a wild quest with erupting volcanoes and charging dinosaurs.

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Henry, the unreliable narrator, is late to a class trip at a museum. His plan to catch up goes awry as he encounters erupting volcanoes, charging dinosaurs, and hidden stairwells. Can he navigate this chaotic labyrinth and reunite with his classmates? Dive into a world where every exhibit holds a new surprise and nothing is as it seems.

From the publisher

There’s more to this museum than meets the eye! This is the wonderfully wacky world of celebrated international author-illustrator team Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud, the duo behind Junior Library Guild selections I Didn’t Do My Homework Because . . . , The Truth About My Unbelievable Summer . . . , and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School . . . . Notoriously (and delightfully) unreliable narrator Henry is late to a museum where his class is spending the day. But he has a plan: He’ll just catch up in one of the exhibits. That’s not possible in these halls! With volcanoes erupting, dinosaurs charging, and secret stairwells lurking, reuniting with his classmates becomes a quest of outrageous proportions. Young readers will revel in this entertaining book’s over-the-top antics.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
44
Reading age
6–9
Audience
Picture
Themes & topics
Books about museums
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Book details

Publication
Published
March 14, 2017
First published
January 1, 2017
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9781452155937

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