In that same spirit, 50 years later, we invite visitors to spend an afternoon engaging with the collection and spaces, and to retrace Claudia and Jamie's night at the Museum. The Met is an inspiring place, and Konigsburg's two lead characters, young Claudia and Jamie, let their imaginations lead them on an adventure of a lifetime as they explore galleries from Egyptian Art to Greek and Roman Art, and everywhere in between. Konigsburg, The Met presents an afternoon of activities that will take place throughout the Museum. Konigsburg, when suburban Claudia Kincaid decides to run away, she knows she doesn't just want to run from somewhere, she wants to run to somewhere-to a place that is comfortable, beautiful, and, preferably, elegant.Ĭlaudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away.so she decided not to run FROM somewhere, but TO somewhere.In celebration of the 50th anniversary year of the beloved children's book From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. In this winner of the Newbery Medal from E.L. Recommended by: Barb Langridge, Ģ017 marks the fiftieth anniversary of the beloved classic From the Mixed-up files of Mrs. Keywords: art, museum, mystery, believing in yourself, finding yourself, running away, New York, Newbery Medal, brother and sister, 8 year old, 9 year old, 10 year old, 11 year old, 12 year old, 13 year old This is a wonderful book for mirroring to children that they too have those hidden possibilities within and that they might need venture into some unknown territory to reveal their own secrets for themselves. There had to be more and she went to find that next higher level and those hidden facets to be treasured in the enormous hall of very special things known as the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This is a self she could not find in her home with all of her siblings and all of her chores and responsibilities.

She's actually running toward something and that something is a new version of herself. Frankweiler.Īs Claudia and brother Jamie figure out where they will hide their pajamas, how much money to spend on breakfast, lunch and dinner, Claudia will be quietly and deeply solving another mystery. Their search leads them to the one and only Mrs. Imagine living in this wondrous museum and having a mystery to solve to boot.

As with most plans, the unexpected pops up in the form of a mysterious statue.

Claudia runs away with her brother in tow to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. This book is the winner of the 1968 Newbery Medal.įor every child who ever dreamed of running away, here is the perfect book.

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