The Kooky Museum of Mr. Glass
2016
Synopsis
One busy day at school, right when Mr. Robert’s students are about leave for home, a snow-white parrot flies up to the classroom window. The bird is carrying a newspaper with an ad inviting children to take part the art museum’s special programme called “Real and Pretend”. Without thinking twice, Mr. Robert decides to attend and, before long, the curious and excited first-graders step into the art museum, too. It soon turns out that the museum, which seemed boring at first, has quite a lot to offer. The director of the museum – Mr. Glass, sporting a handsome green moustache – is just as mysterious himself. Will the children find out what is real and what is pretend?Reading Sample
Awards
2017 Tartu Prize for Children’s Literature, nominee