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Author
Series
Curiosity House volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Orphans Philippa, Sam, Thomas, and Max must find out who stole a valuable artifact in order to save to save their home, Dumfrey's Dime Museum of Freaks, Oddities, and Wonders"--
Author
Series
Pandava volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Children's New Books: September 2020 eBooks and eAudiobooks
Children's Read Alikes: Percy Jackson
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Summer 2023 Teen Volunteer Book Reviews!
Children's Read Alikes: Percy Jackson
Children's Special Topics: AAPI Authors and Illustrators
Summer 2023 Teen Volunteer Book Reviews!
Description
"Aru Shah has a tendency to stretch the truth in order to fit in at her private middle school. While her classmates are jetting off to exotic vacations, she'll be spending her autumn break in the Museum of Ancient Indian Art and Culture that her mom curates. Is it any wonder Aru makes up stories about being royalty, traveling to Paris, and having a chauffeur? One day, three schoolmates show up at Aru's doorstep to catch her in a lie. They don't believe...
Author
Series
Publisher
Branches, Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Alexander's class is going on a sleepover at the Stermont Museum, but something is stealing bright, shiny objects from all over town, including the museum's treasured Ruby Scorpion, and on the night of the visit the young monster hunters finally confront the town's newest monster--a warrior covered entirely by bubble-wrap.
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1981
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When she notices some bones missing from a dinosaur skeleton exhibited in the museum, a young girl with a photographic memory tries to discover who has been taking them and why.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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Children's Book Battles: 5th Grade
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Book Battles - Past & Present
Children's Special Topics: Middle School Book Battles - Past & Present
Description
Ophelia, a timid eleven-year-old girl grieving her mother, suspends her disbelief in things non-scientific when a boy locked in the museum where her father is working asks her to help him complete an age-old mission.
Author
Series
Children of the lamp volume 4
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
2008.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
After getting help for their father, who is cursed with rapid aging, twelve-year-old djinn twins John and Philippa and friends travel through the spirit world in search of Faustina, the only one who can keep their mother from becoming the Blue Djinn, and discover a link to museum thefts and hauntings throughout the word.
Author
Series
Critter club volume 15
Publisher
Little Simon
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Liz is excited for her sleepover at the museum until she hears some spooky noises that may turn this sleepover into a nightmare.
Author
Publisher
Kane Miller
Pub. Date
2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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Description
Heloise lives with her strict and forbidding godmother in an isolated cottage where the emphasis is on doing one's duty and avoiding all things which could be considered a waste of time. Next door is a sinister museum dedicated to the memory of Mary Child. Visitors enter the museum with a smile, but depart with fear in their eyes. Heloise has never been in the museum.
Author
Series
Alien next door volume 9
Publisher
Little Bee Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
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Description
Harris, Roxy, and Zeke have one more adventure at a marvelous alien museum before heading back to Earth.
10) Fergus and Zeke
Author
Series
Fergus and Zeke volume 1
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Children's Read Alikes: Geronimo Stilton
Children's Recommended: 2nd Grade 2021
Children's Recommended: 3rd Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: Chapter Books with Color Illustrations
Children's Recommended: 2nd Grade 2021
Children's Recommended: 3rd Grade 2023
Children's Special Topics: Chapter Books with Color Illustrations
Description
Fergus, the pet mouse in Miss Maxwell's classroom, stows away in a backpack on a field trip to the museum. He makes a new friend, Zeke, another mouse, who shows Fergus many interesting exhibits, but now he wonders how to get back to school.
Author
Series
Ghost buddy volume 4
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
When a night at the museum finds ghost Hoover Porterhouse face-to-face with the spirit of a powerful Chumash Indian princess, his encounter renders him senseless and tests the steadfastness of Billy Broccoli.
12) Colossal fossil
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose solve a mystery at the Museum of Science"--
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Children's New Books: April 2022 Ebooks
Children's New Books: October 2021 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Special Topics: Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
Children's New Books: October 2021 Middle Grade Fiction
Children's Special Topics: Hispanic Heritage Month 2023
Formats
Description
When a diamond goes missing from the Louvre, it is up to nine-year-old Julieta to identify the thief, exonerate her father, and return home to Boston before her baby brother is born. Includes glossary of French and Spanish words and notes about the Regent Diamond, Athena, and works of art mentioned in the book.
Author
Series
Museum kittens volume 2
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"The Museum Kittens are curious when a rare Egyptian papyrus is brought to the museum on loan. But from the moment the papyrus arrives, strange things start to happen, and rumors of an ancient curse begin to spread. Tasha is determined to prove to the other kittens that there's nothing to be afraid of. Then one night, a pipe bursts, and the gallery is flooded--and the kittens are trapped! Can they figure out a way to save themselves--and all of the...
Author
Series
Museum kittens volume 1
Publisher
Tiger Tales
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"One stormy night, a little black kitten named Peter appears on the museum steps. Tabby cat Tasha is delighted to show Peter the museum's hallways and secret corners, but her siblings, Bianca and Boris, aren't as happy to welcome the new arrival. Determined to prove that Peter is just as much of a museum kitten as the others, Tasha takes him on a hunt for rats. When there's a mishap in the Dinosaur Gallery, all of the kittens must work together to...
Author
Series
Two dogs in a trench coat volume 3
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
It is field trip day to the city museum, and while Stewart expects a boring day of facts and learning, Waldo and Sassy are looking forward to lunch; then they find that the dinosaur room is full of tempting bones, the astronaut boots are good for chewing, and one of the dioramas features a squirrel on a sidewalk, but the highlight is the delicatessen--if only Waldo and Sassy's disguise can fool the guards who are searching for two dogs.
Author
Series
Twitch the squirrel volume 3
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
When Twitch hears that the school children are taking a field trip to the science museum, he decides he wants to join in the fun--so he stows away on the school bus and hides in a backpack to get in. But as always, not everyone is glad to see a squirrel in their midst. Pursued by security guards, Twitch turns the exhibits into his own private carnival rides--swinging on a Foucault pendulum, riding a model Mars Rover, and skittering across the Bernoulli...
Author
Series
Mr. Penguin volume 1
Publisher
Peachtree Publishers
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Aspiring Professional Adventurer Mr. Penguin and his colleague, Colin the spider, try to find a treasure rumored to be buried in The Museum of Extraordinary Objects before bandits do.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is a story of stolen violins. It's got mummies, museums, sandwiches, hostages, and a dangerous showdown with the Russian Red Army Choir. Open this book to find out more about my adventures. But beware--this mission is top secret and very dangerous!" --
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