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Fantastic Frame #2
Splat! Another Messy Sunday #2
The second book of this thrilling chapter book series will immediately suck readers in with its combination of a fast-paced adventure and full-color art—this time in the style of pointillism!
Tiger and Luna return to the fantastic frame, and this time they enter the famous dotted world of Georges Seurat's painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte . After arriving on the shore of the pleasant scene, they dash through Paris, get captured by police, and encounter one misadventure after another. And of course, Tiger and Luna must return to the real world to avoid getting trapped in the painting before time runs out!
Tiger and Luna return to the fantastic frame, and this time they enter the famous dotted world of Georges Seurat's painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte . After arriving on the shore of the pleasant scene, they dash through Paris, get captured by police, and encounter one misadventure after another. And of course, Tiger and Luna must return to the real world to avoid getting trapped in the painting before time runs out!
126 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 26, 2016
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April 18, 2021
Good book.
July 28, 2020
Read aloud to the younger kids. This was book 2 in the series and it was a lot more far fetched than the first. While I was able to overlook the plot holes in the first book, I felt they were far more glaring in this one, making the book disjointed. I really liked the idea of this series, taking famous works of art and diving I to them, but the story surrounding all that isn’t well done. Our library doesn’t have the rest of the books in the series so we will stop with this one.
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June 8, 2020
My 8 year old liked it a lot. I thought Lin Oliver did a good job getting the reader up to speed if they missed Fantastic Frame #1. I like the inclusion of real art (A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte). I would love to read more like this with my daughter.
April 23, 2022
Read this out loud with my 5yr old. I really appreciated the prologue in each book, recapping the previous book, allowing you to read them in any order. I also loved the combination of fantasy with art history. A great series. I’m only sorry there aren’t more!
May 18, 2017
My favorite part was the end where she explained the painting. I really have to get to the Chicago Art Institute. So many of their exhibits are featured in children's books!
July 31, 2020
A fun adventure through famous painting!
April 1, 2021
The first one was good and it had a good plot.But this one is crazy and to far fetched and the plot is complicated.
May 26, 2022
Amazing book love the place it is about
March 24, 2023
It was ok, it was a short and quick read which I liked. If you like fantasy this could be a book for you.
January 31, 2017
(JOINT REVIEW OF DANGER! TIGER CROSSING AND SPLAT! ANOTHER MESSY SUNDAY):
Not sure if this is Middle Grade or even younger, but in either case, this is not my usual reading material - so a bit challenging to try putting myself into the mind of an elementary school student. That said, as a writer, graphic designer and former parent of elementary school students myself, there is a lot here for anyone to love.
First, as funding for arts education in America continues to be cut, anything that introduces young children to the world of art history or Fine Arts in general should be applauded. Lin’s decision to focus each story on one particular painting was a brilliant move, and encourages kids to use their imaginations to look for the “story inside the painting” in a way that many art teachers fail to communicate. Also, her postscript chapter on the history of each painting and artist is a sneaky way to slip in some genuine education.
Second, Samantha Kellis’ illustrations are brilliant – both literally and figuratively – and play such an important part in the stories that I hope her name gets moved from the back cover to the front in future additions to this charming series. (BTW, you can see more examples of her artwork at www.samkellis.com, including a cover for what I assume will be the third book in the series, BEWARE! SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT based on Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” – I can’t wait to see what Lin does with “The Raft of the Medusa”!!).
And thirdly, the production quality of the entire book is really high quality. The covers and binding are first-rate, and the inside printing is high class as well – although I wish the first appearances of the actual paintings (Rousseau's “Surprise!” and Seurat's “A Sunday Afternoon,” on pages 29 and 22 respectively) had been in color, since both paintings lose much of their impact in black and white.
As to the literary merit of these books, I’m just out of my element here – they’re intended for an audience a good half-century younger than me. However, if asked whether I would buy these for my grandchildren-to-be, the answer is a firm “you betcha!” Children’s books are some of the best bargains out there these days, and both books are conveniently stocking-stuffer sized – so I hope Lin sees a considerable uptake in sales as the holidays approach.
Not sure if this is Middle Grade or even younger, but in either case, this is not my usual reading material - so a bit challenging to try putting myself into the mind of an elementary school student. That said, as a writer, graphic designer and former parent of elementary school students myself, there is a lot here for anyone to love.
First, as funding for arts education in America continues to be cut, anything that introduces young children to the world of art history or Fine Arts in general should be applauded. Lin’s decision to focus each story on one particular painting was a brilliant move, and encourages kids to use their imaginations to look for the “story inside the painting” in a way that many art teachers fail to communicate. Also, her postscript chapter on the history of each painting and artist is a sneaky way to slip in some genuine education.
Second, Samantha Kellis’ illustrations are brilliant – both literally and figuratively – and play such an important part in the stories that I hope her name gets moved from the back cover to the front in future additions to this charming series. (BTW, you can see more examples of her artwork at www.samkellis.com, including a cover for what I assume will be the third book in the series, BEWARE! SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT based on Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” – I can’t wait to see what Lin does with “The Raft of the Medusa”!!).
And thirdly, the production quality of the entire book is really high quality. The covers and binding are first-rate, and the inside printing is high class as well – although I wish the first appearances of the actual paintings (Rousseau's “Surprise!” and Seurat's “A Sunday Afternoon,” on pages 29 and 22 respectively) had been in color, since both paintings lose much of their impact in black and white.
As to the literary merit of these books, I’m just out of my element here – they’re intended for an audience a good half-century younger than me. However, if asked whether I would buy these for my grandchildren-to-be, the answer is a firm “you betcha!” Children’s books are some of the best bargains out there these days, and both books are conveniently stocking-stuffer sized – so I hope Lin sees a considerable uptake in sales as the holidays approach.
August 30, 2016
The Fantastic Frame series is fun premise of going into art frames and entering a period of art, and having an adventure! What a fun way for younger students to read about art and to whet their desire to learn more about different artists, their works, and the time periods. The slim books are certainly a gateway for students ready for chapter books.
Two young friends, Luna Lopez and Tiger Brooks, are asked by their elderly neighbor to enter her magical picture frame to return her son David to her, who has been in a painting for fifty years. The kids have only one hour to complete the task or they will be stuck in the painting forever.
The kids enter the painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, by Georges Seurat in 1884, done in the style of Pointillism and have adventures trying to get David back to the present.
Two young friends, Luna Lopez and Tiger Brooks, are asked by their elderly neighbor to enter her magical picture frame to return her son David to her, who has been in a painting for fifty years. The kids have only one hour to complete the task or they will be stuck in the painting forever.
The kids enter the painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, by Georges Seurat in 1884, done in the style of Pointillism and have adventures trying to get David back to the present.
April 22, 2019
I not totally sold - but I will read the third to see how it seems to fit and then do my best to book talk it to get some reader reactions! The hour of power is an interesting concept. It keeps the tale short and manageable.
June 12, 2016
I liked this one more than the first one. A lot more happened and the story was much more developed
January 30, 2017
Great book, quick read. Good to get students interested in art.
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