From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Written by E.L. Konigsburg
New York, Athenuem, 1967
5.9" x 8.6"
Kerlan Collection, Children's Literature Research Collections
University of Minnesota Libraries
This irreverent novel, the 1968 Newbery Medal winner, chronicles the adventures of an enterprising brother and sister, Claudia (aged 12) and Jamie (aged 9), who hide out for a week in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The book generated so much interest about the museum and its collections that at one time the Met maintained a special telephone hotline to respond to children's queries. No, young callers were patiently informed, it is never possible to sleep over in Marie Antoinette's bed!