Emma knew: the classic escape from home was not for her. That’s why she decided to run away not “from where”, but “where” - to a comfortable, spacious, warm, and most importantly, beautiful place. So Emma and her brother Jimmy settled in the famous Metropolitan Museum of Fine Arts in New York - just at the moment when a mysterious sculpture of an unknown Renaissance master appeared in the museum... Forty years of reprints, two film adaptations, a dozen and a half translations into foreign languages and Millions of devoted readers have given this book, beloved by both children and adults, a well-deserved reputation as a modern children's classic.