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toastymaloney's review against another edition
4.0
I saw this at the library and thought it was pretty. My eight year old read it and told me I just HAD to read it. I loved it.
msmelisa's review against another edition
3.0
The illustrations were beautiful but the story a little thin.
tnorris's review against another edition
4.0
sweet, beautifully illustrated tale that allows for interaction with the reader. Absolutely love the fairy-tale feel and creativity of the illustrations
beebliobibuli's review against another edition
3.0
The three stars are for the amazing illustrations, they're really great.
The story wasn't what I expected when reading the title. I found it to be a bit short, it is a children book, but I would've loved more events.
The story wasn't what I expected when reading the title. I found it to be a bit short, it is a children book, but I would've loved more events.
leslie_d's review against another edition
4.0
Inside the Castle inside a Museum that is Inside the Story that is this book, which was inside the imagination of Kate Bernheimer and Nicoletta Ceccoli. Dreamers inside dreams who have dreams wherein the reader is brought to mind.
The story and its images would defy the dimensions of a page. Ceccoli plays with dimensions (some Escheresque details), media, and shadows, while Bernheimer acknowledges the reader in a theatrical violation of the fourth wall. The story resides in simultaneity, multiple planes living and interacting. Reader and character alike are enlivened; the reader inspired to dream by the one they would dream about.
Even if the reader doesn’t leave their photograph in the frame on the girl’s wall, the reader has already kept her company.
The Girl inside the Castle inside the Museum is an equal parts disturbing and enchanting fairytale. I highly recommend it.
L @ omphaloskepsis
http://contemplatrix.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/ah-nicoletta/
The story and its images would defy the dimensions of a page. Ceccoli plays with dimensions (some Escheresque details), media, and shadows, while Bernheimer acknowledges the reader in a theatrical violation of the fourth wall. The story resides in simultaneity, multiple planes living and interacting. Reader and character alike are enlivened; the reader inspired to dream by the one they would dream about.
Even if the reader doesn’t leave their photograph in the frame on the girl’s wall, the reader has already kept her company.
The Girl inside the Castle inside the Museum is an equal parts disturbing and enchanting fairytale. I highly recommend it.
L @ omphaloskepsis
http://contemplatrix.wordpress.com/2011/05/06/ah-nicoletta/
faeriedrumsong's review
2.0
pretty. very very pretty. but the story just doesnt support the pictures. the story was sad and lonely and weird and not at all interesting to me or my 7 year old.
maybe for a kid who enjoys thinking about kids being locked up in rooms by themselves with no company...?
maybe for a kid who enjoys thinking about kids being locked up in rooms by themselves with no company...?
jillybean77's review
5.0
This is a picture book unlike any book I've ever read. The premise is that there is a girl who lives in a castle inside a museum. The castle is encased in a glass globe, and when children come to the musem, they press their noses against the glass globe and get a glimpse of the girl in the castle. When the children leave at night, she gets lonely even though she is surrounded by beautiful things. At night she dreams of children her own size visiting her, and "sometimes the girl in the castle even dreams about you." Her solution for overcoming her loneliness is to hang a picture of you, the reader, on the wall beside her bed. The last line of the book, "Do you see her? She sees you." EEEK!
I really like it because it is different, and has an ethereal, dream-like aura that takes me to another world. Nicoletta Ceccoli's soft clay model, acrylic, and digital media illustrations are absolutely gorgeous, and in fact, they are the most beautiful illustrations I've seen in a picture book yet. They, along with the story, will captivate the reader.
Kate Bernheimer has hit a home run with her first children's book, and I will definitely look for more from her in future. I think many kids will love it, but I would be wary of reading it to smaller kids who may be a little frightened at the thought of the girl watching them. However, some kids totally eat stuff like this up, so I'll leave it up to you to decide whether or not it's the right choice for your child.
I really like it because it is different, and has an ethereal, dream-like aura that takes me to another world. Nicoletta Ceccoli's soft clay model, acrylic, and digital media illustrations are absolutely gorgeous, and in fact, they are the most beautiful illustrations I've seen in a picture book yet. They, along with the story, will captivate the reader.
Kate Bernheimer has hit a home run with her first children's book, and I will definitely look for more from her in future. I think many kids will love it, but I would be wary of reading it to smaller kids who may be a little frightened at the thought of the girl watching them. However, some kids totally eat stuff like this up, so I'll leave it up to you to decide whether or not it's the right choice for your child.
raoionna's review
2.0
Creepy tale of a girl who lives in a miniature in a museum but with attractive images