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Handstand Kids Italian Cookbook


by Yvette Garfield

  • FOOD
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 52 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

This fun, easy-to-use cookbook teaches budding chefs how to prepare garlic bread, spaghetti and meatballs while introducing them to the language and culture of Italy. (ITA66, $28.00)

Kids Italian Picture Dictionary

Kids Italian Picture Dictionary


by Inc. Berlitz International

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

1,000 words central to a child's everyday life -- animals, flowers, people, colors, numbers and activities -- teach even the youngest readers Italian. Each word is illustrated and accompanied by a phonetic transcription and phrase. (ITL449, $12.95)

Pompeii, Lost & Found

Pompeii, Lost & Found


by Mary Pope Osborne

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 40 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

Osborne offers young readers an enticing introduction to this fascinating city, long ago buried in the ash of Vesuvius. The main focus is on life in Pompeii before the volcano erupted, including the art, markets, architecture and entertainment. (ITL803, $16.95)

Ancient Rome and Pompeii, A Nonfiction Companion to Vacation Under the Volcano

Ancient Rome and Pompeii, A Nonfiction Companion to Vacation Under the Volcano


by Mary Pope Osborne

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 119 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Designed to be read with Vacation Under the Volcano (ITA251, $4.99), this book is also a delightful stand-alone resource about the ancient Roman way of life during the eruption of Pompeii. (ITA250, $5.99)

Bodies from the Ash, Ancient Pompeii

Bodies from the Ash, Ancient Pompeii


by James M. Deem

  • ARCHAEOLOGY
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 50 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Deem recreates the life and destruction of Pompeii on that terrible day in A.D. 79. Geared for ages 9-11, the book tells the story with evocative photographs of the city and its buried inhabitants and interviews with modern-day archaeologists. (ITL861, $17.00)

Into The Volcano

Into The Volcano


by Donna O'Meara

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 56 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

O'Meara's lively, illustrated eyewitness accounts of adventures in volcanology include Arenal in Costa Rica, Kilauea in Hawaii and Stromboli off the coast of Italy. Geared for grades 5 to 8, this is a great introduction to volcanoes for the whole family. (GEO39, $9.95)

Pompeii


by Peter Connolly

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 80 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Connolly looks at the volcanic eruption that destroyed Pompeii in 79 A.D., examines archaeological excavations, and investigates the architecture, culture and life of the ancient Roman city. Featuring full-color photographs, illustrations and sketches on every page. (ITA164, $14.99)

The Last Girls of Pompeii

The Last Girls of Pompeii


by Kathryn Lasky

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 192 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Intoxicated by Pompeii even as a child, Kathyrn Lasky sets her dramatic tale for ages 10 and up on the streets and byways of ancient Pompeii in the days just before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Though fictional, Lasky draws from her visit to Pompeii and the writings of Pliny and others to evoke the world of the two girls. (ITL819, $15.99)

Vacation Under the Volcano


by Mary Pope Osborne

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 80 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

In book thirteen of Osborne's Magic Treehouse series, Master Librarians Jack and Annie travel to ancient Pompeii to save a special story in danger of being lost forever. (ITA251, $4.99)

Learn Italian Together


by Living Language

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2006
  • BOXED
  • FAMILY

These multimedia boxed sets feature CDs, games, stickers and adorable illustrations to help kids and parents pick up a new language together. (ITL761, $22.95)

Pompeii, Through Time

Pompeii, Through Time


by Richard Platt

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 48 PAGES
  • FAMILY

One Roman City, One House, More than 2,000 years of change. Superb illustrations retell the lost story of Pompeii -- the life of its people, its conflicts and disasters, and the changing fortunes of a house at the center of it all. (ITA217, $16.99)

 

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