A review by librarianryan
You Can't Take a Balloon Into the Metropolitan Museum by Jacqueline Preiss Weitzman

inspiring lighthearted fast-paced

5.0

 

This book is a labor of love. You can see it on every single page of the book. This book is completely wordless and it’s about a little girl who goes to the museum with their adult and they get told the balloon has to stay out. Through the comedic panels we follow the little girl as she visits the real-life art exhibit, and we follow a museum docent as they’re trying to get the balloon once birds send it flying. This book could be read repeatedly and come up with new scenarios for what each picture represents. And seeing how the docent in is mimicking what the girl is seeing in the museum, priceless.