A kid's guide to the Louvre for adults
By: Isabelle Bonithon Courant ; translated by Carine Thévenet & Lamar Hawkins
Contributors: Thévenet, Carine, (Translator); Hawkins, Lamar, (Translator)
Series: A kid's guide; Kids' guide
Publisher: Le Baron Perché
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Paris
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9782351310076
Subjects: Guidebooks; Art museums; Musée du Louvre
Description: "With the help of this invaluable handbook you will realize that the Louvre is not as inaccessible as you imagine! Made to be read without specific knowledge either in art or pedagogy, using everyday words, containing helpful color-coded tabs (to locate the pieces) and marks (to give appropriate notions for three age groups), this guide will allow you as well as your children to comprehend with pleasure the largest museum in the world."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: "The first of a series of books for kids' sake ... aimed at grown-ups"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (page 175).

Originally published in French under title Comment parler du Louvre aux enfants.
Table of contents: title: Foreward; title: What is a masterpiece?; title: What is a museum?; title: The Louvre; title: Reference sheets to the works of art; title: Appendix.