Renee, I did not receive the attachment, but hope that this lead will still be valuable to you (and maybe fun for others on the list as well):
My OCLC Research colleagues have created a catalog of 2.8 million works of fiction, extracted from WorldCat, which you can then search by particular topics of interest. See http://fictionfinder.oclc.org/ A simple search for "museum" gets 705 hits (these include fiction for adults as well.) The detailed view for each record gives you an "audience level" assignment, and the continuum starts with "kids". Searches for "Metropolitan Museum" and "Smithsonian" come back with 13 and 14 hits, respectively. This is a great tool for planning your holiday reads as well. Just look up the place you're going to in FictionFinder and see whether there's a juicy novel about it to be had at your local library. Enjoy! G?nter -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l-bounces at mcn.edu [mailto:mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu] On Behalf Of Montgomery, Renee Sent: Thursday, July 09, 2009 11:38 AM To: mcn-l at mcn.edu; RCAAM at SI-LISTSERV.SI.EDU; LISTSERV at HOME.EASE.LSOFT.COM Subject: [MCN-L] FW: can you pls post this to the RC,MCN and MuseumL list serves. tx Attached is a personal project to which I'm hoping you all can contribute in your infinite knowledge to all-things-museum related. As a personal project with the help of several others, I'm trying to develop a bibliography of books about children in museums - museums of all kinds, but fiction books only, like books stories children solving crimes, wandering around at night, traveling through time, encountering dinosaurs, ghosts, etc, etc with museums as the background. Can be picture books or K-12 novels. Could you pls let me know of any books I might have missed to your knowledge? And please circulate to anyone else in your museum knowledgeable about this, eg, librarians, educators? The list can be updated at any time, but I'm hoping for the majority of feedback by August 1st. Thank you Renee Montgomery Assistant Director Collections Information and Risk Management Los Angeles County Museum of Art T 323 857 6059 E reneem at lacma.org
