You Can't Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum (Picture Puffin)

Whileshe'sintheMetropolitanMuseumwithhergrandmother,alittlegirlleavesherprizedyellowballoontiedtoarailingoutside.Butitsstringbecomesuntied,andtheballoonembarksonanuproariousjourneythroughNewYorkCity.Withanever-increasingcastofwackyurbancharactersintow,itsoarspastahostoflandmarks.Eighteenfamouspaintingsandsculpturesarereproducedinthisdelightful,wordlessbookthatexploresthemagicalrelationshipbetweenartandlife.Inthiswordlessstory,ayounggirlandhergrandmotherviewworksinsidetheMetropolitanMuseumofArt,whiletheballoonshehasbeenforcedtoleaveoutsidefloatsaroundNewYorkCitycausingaseriesofmishapsthatmirrorscenesinthemuseum'sartworks.