The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E.L. Konigsburg
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Nov 2025 on Good Hang with Amy Poehler.
The general take
Maya Hawke loves The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, calling it awesome and crediting it as the reason she was drawn to the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a kid. She's enthusiastic about the premise—kids running away and living inside the museum, sleeping in fancy beds and stealing from fountains—and the book clearly left a lasting impression on her.
About
A Time Best YA Book of All Time (2021) Run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with E. L. Konigsburg’s beloved classic and Newbery Medal–winning novel From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler ! When Claudia decided to run away, she planned very carefully. She would be gone just long enough to teach her parents a lesson in Claudia appreciation. And she would go in comfort-she would live at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She saved her money, and she invited her brother Jamie to go, mostly because be was a miser and would have money. Claudia was a good organizer and Jamie bad some ideas, too; so the two took up residence at the museum right on schedule.
Who said what
Maya Hawke👍 Recommends
…childhood memories of favorite books and museums in new york city
“My favorite place to go was the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Temple of Dendor because of the mixed up files of Mrs. Basilie Frankweiler. Do you remember that book? And the kids like ran away for anyone who hasn't read it. They ran, run away and they live inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art and they sleep in the queen's bed and they steal money from the fountain and it's awesome.”
Good Hang with Amy Poehler — Maya Hawkeat 17:37
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