One or two kids are trapped in a museum overnight and the book is about the adventures they had in the museum. I loved that book as a kid and would love to find it again and I need help.
For some reason I feel that the title has a womans full name in it.
2006-09-27 15:57:04 · 10 answers · asked by j C 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
oh. my. god...
my son and i are reading this book right now!
well not RIGHT NOW, but it's our current book...
"from the mixed up files of mrs. basil e. frankweiler," by e. l. konigsburg 'twas published back in the late 60's, early 70's... i found it a while back in a used bookstore.
great read. enjoy, man!
(you can find it on amazon for about 6 bucks)
2006-09-27 16:01:14 · answer #1 · answered by Oliver Kloz-Hoff 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Gaspard and Lisa at the Museum?
by Anne Gutman, Georg Hallensleben (Illustrator), Georg Hallensleben
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ISBN: 0689853548
ISBN-13: 9780689853548
Format: Mass Market Paperback, 208pp
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
Edition Description: 35th Anniversary Edition
Edition Number: 35
Sales Rank: 1,116
Age Range: 8 to 12
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Having run away with her younger brother to live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, twelve-year-old Claudia strives to keep things in order in their new home and to become a changed person and a heroine to herself.
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Claudia knew that she could never pull off the old-fashioned kind of running away....She didn't like discomfort....Therefore, she decided that her leaving home would not be just running from somewhere but would be running to somewhere. To a large place, a comfortable place, an indoor place, and preferably a beautiful place. And that's why she decided upon the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
— from From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort — she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She saved her money, and she invited her brother Jamie to go, mostly because he was a miser and would have money.
Claudia was a good organizer and Jamie had some ideas too; so the two took up residence at the museum right on schedule. But once the fun of settling in was over, Claudia had two unexpected problems: She felt just the same and she wanted to feel different; and she found a statue at the Museum so beautiful she could not go home until she discovered its maker, a question that baffled the experts, too.
The former owner of the statue was Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Without her — well, without her, Claudia might never have found a way to go home.
Have you checked Barnes and Noble's web site? They have an extensive search tool for books and you could probably put in a few basic keywords and find it.
2006-09-27 16:06:57 · answer #2 · answered by leathersammie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-10-16 02:38:06 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whoa! I used to love that book, it's "From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E. I. Konigsburg, and it's an older sister who decides to run away from home, taking her younger (and smartest) brother with her. I read it like seven times when I was little.
2006-09-27 16:04:34 · answer #4 · answered by Onion? 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No the book is:
The Story of One or Two Kids Trapped in a Museum A Certain Night, Where They Had Lots of Adventures.
I'm joking, I don't know.
2006-09-27 16:04:08 · answer #5 · answered by Alex R 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It really is called "From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler". i just finished re-reading it and have convinced my nine-year-old niece to read it. It's such a great book, original, witty, even though it's a children's book, and laugh out loud funny!!
2006-09-27 16:08:28 · answer #6 · answered by bodyworkbymabel 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yo i loved that book it was a really good book The Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler
2006-09-27 16:05:51 · answer #7 · answered by lamarris17 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that would be "from the mixed up files of mrs. basil e. frankweiler"
2006-09-27 16:05:44 · answer #8 · answered by ariana 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They also made it into a movie. I think I still have it or my mom taped over it. She does that a lot.
2006-09-27 17:38:57 · answer #9 · answered by wannabekagom 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
belfagor the phantom of louvre
2006-09-27 16:06:53 · answer #10 · answered by lovephoto 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋