How can children articulate their personal responses to art and museums? Keeping a journal is a popular way for young people to contemplate many aspects of their lives, and this unique diary is designed especially for children to connect with the world of art.
My Museum Journal combines fine art with fun writing and sketching activities to help children record and understand their experiences with museums and art. A self-portrait by Edgar Degas provides inspiration for a chapter entitled "Who Am I?," David Hockney's photo-collage Pearblossom Hwy. introduces the topic of travel, and a European tapestry depicting a fantasy about China beckons young readers to imagine far-away places. Other themes are heroes and heroines, growing up, games, family, adventure and celebrations. Each includes an introduction, an artwork selected from the Getty Museum collections, and two writing and/or sketching activities that encourage children to express themselves in many ways, among them poetry, dialogue, and illustration. Extra blank pages for writing and sketching—as well as a section on visiting museums—complete this unique keepsake. For ages nine and up.
Shelly Kale is an editor and writer and the co-author of Peggy: An Affair with the Sea. Lisa Vihos is manager of education resources at the Getty Museum.
Price: $14.95 
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