Windows Into Book Worlds
2003 Mural Project*
student created mural - Chicka chicka boomboom and Where the Wild Things Are
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Where the Wild Things Are
The Magic Treehouse
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The students at BES have created Trompe l'oile (fool the eye) windows for our windowless Media Center. The series of 7 windows look into the settings of books. Every grade level voted on a book to represent their grade.
Pre-K : The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle
K: Chicka-Chicka Boom Boom - John Archambault
1st: Where The Wild Things Are - Maurice Sendak
2nd: The Magic Tree House Series - Mary Pope Osborne
3rd: Junie B. Jones Series- Barbara Park
4th: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
5th: Holes - Louis Sachar

Student mural from the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Student mural from the book Holes
Student mural from the Junie B. Jones book series
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Holes
Junie B. Jones

*Funding for the project was provided through a Washington Post -Arts In Education Grant.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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