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Katie Meets The Impressionists
I am just falling in love with these books. Katie is again in the museum with Grandma - that part just thrills my soul. I love the way Katie wanders the museum alone, something that probably wouldn't happen in any museum I have attended. Katie learns that you need to step back to see the blobs of color come together to form the picture. As she looks at The Luncheon by Claude Monet, she is sure that she can smell the flowers. Wouldn't it be wonderful to gather a bouquet for Grandma on her birthday? When she opened her eyes, she was in the painting talking to a little boy named Jean and being lead on a tour. On her search for water for her drooping bouquet she meets Renoir's Girl with a Watering Can and starts on a merry chase after her but loses the flowers. As she searches more pictures she sees a Field of Poppies and recognizes Jean walking with a woman. After gathering a bouquet of poppies she is chased by a swarm of bees which follow her outside the picture frame and into the museum. Ever resourceful she sends them out a window. On goes the adventure through several more paintings and back to Grandma with a full bouquet of flowers. Now I will sit down and enjoy this book one more time.