おもちゃびじゅつかんでかくれんぼ

by David Lucas, デイヴィッド ルーカス, Chihiro Nakagawa

夜の美術館を舞台に、おもちゃたちが活躍する、思わず絵本の世界に惹きこまれる秀作。想像力がのびのびとはたらきだし、読み聞かせも楽しい!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Adventure

32 pages, JP Oversized

First published April 11, 2012

About the author

David Lucas has written and illustrated several books for children and was named a Booktrust Best New Illustrator. He lives in London.

Reviews

[Emma Adams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Early years book A fun story A twist to the story passing through the dolls house..good illustrations with lovely colours.It could be used as a basis for many aspects of ks1 or 2 such as story telling ,use of alliteration ,Bethnal Green background and igniting children's imagination with hide and seek story .A useful book .

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book, about toys at the Museum who at night, come alive. Bunting, the old toy cat, has appointed himself the leader and has them lining up for inspection, checking their stitching and getting them to do exercises. He then talks about the museum, same thing every night. But this night the toys just ran away and he has to find them.

[Meredith Walsh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Utterly charming.

[Katie Burton-Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a really nice story about hide and seek. I really liked the imagery in this book because it was a bit more subdued in colour and you could see the other toys following to make sure the bear was having fun.

[Jenna Mills · Rating 3 out of 5]

Sweet

[Summer · Rating 2 out of 5]

The old cat was like Woody in Toy story - the leader. Except this old cat is set in his way. They do the same routine every night. Idea of shaking up the routine, having fun and enjoying life.

[Steven Fox · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great little story about a toy museum that comes to life after it closes. The children in my class love it.

[Joanne Laing · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is set in a Toy Museum, where each night the toys come alive. One night they decide to run away from the main character, who is not quite sure what is going on, as he think that all the toys have gotten lost. With the help of a series of notes, he finds them, and they reveal that they were playing Hide and Seek. This book would be used in Key Stage One, and could easily be used as a topic book, as it is accessible across the curriculum for a number of different tasks. I enjoyed this book, and think it is very relatable to children. I personally would use it as a topic book for whole class use, and perhaps be able to use it within guided reading for the lower ability groups to take a closer look and discuss it further.

Before you begin reading the story there is a page containing illustrations of all that characters and their names. This page is a lovely starting point to introduce the characters in the story, and to generate discussion of their own toys, which makes the book relatable. A nice PSHE circle time activity may be to bring in their favourite toy and share memories with the class. This could also be a good way to introduce adjectives, where children could identify their favourite toy or character and describe them.

The illustrations could also be used for children to place in chronological order and write a recount of the story in their own words, with the support if these images to support them. They story contains a number of questions, which could then be directed at the children to assess their comprehension of the plot, and what predictions they might make to the story’s progression.

[Niamh Griffin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lost in the Toy Museum was written by David Lucas and instigated from the author's memories of visiting the 'Museum of Childhood' as a youngster in Bethnal Green, in East London. In this magical adventure story the reader is given a glimpse of the 'what-if' world as the adventures of Bunting and his fellow friends at the toy museum through the typical childhood game of 'Hide-and-Seek' is played out in the book. The roguery and playfulness of children is brought to the fore and the story is engaging as ignites one's inner-creativity and imagination. In the classroom the story could be used as pre-task to a creative writing session or assignment. The illustrations and names of the toys could be useful in a phonics lesson as alliteration is used by Lucas regularly and the fun aspect of the story would bring enjoyment to the learning experience. The story could be used as a basis to a history lesson due to the background of the story. In a geography lesson, a mapping lesson could be linked to the story of Buntings experience in following the clues the toys leave to lead him to their location. I would recommend this book for late KS1 or early KS2. It would also be suitable for EAL students as the illustrations throughout are fantastic and would help bridge any gaps or misconceptions in the written text. I think it is a very suitable book for primary school children in East London as it’s based on the author’s memories from Bethnal Green, that alone I would imagine would be of interest to children.

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Beautiful illustrations that take you round a toy museum and brings it all to life! It uses old toys which is perfect if your covering that topic in class. It also is a good book to look at character development in literacy and what toy would a child pick to come to life and what would their personality be. I would recommend as a group reading book.