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NAPLES & THE AMALFI COAST
For Kids
Handstand Kids Italian Cookbook
• 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) |
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Kids Italian Picture Dictionary
• 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) |
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Pompeii, Lost & Found
• Mary Pope Osborne
ARCHAEOLOGY •
2006 •
HARD COVER
• 40 PAGES
• YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)
Gorgeous, fresco-like illustrations give this introduction to Pompeii an authentic sense of antiquity. Osborne offers an enticing account of 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) |
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Ancient Rome and Pompeii, A Nonfiction Companion to Vacation Under the Volcano
• 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. With many black-and-white illustrations.
(ITA250, $5.99) |
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Bodies from the Ash, Ancient Pompeii
• 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) |
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Into The Volcano
• 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, Pacaya in Guatemala 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) |
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Pompeii
• 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) |
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The Last Girls of Pompeii
• 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 11 and up on the streets and byways of ancient Pompeii in the days just before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The rich, crippled Julia and her beautiful slave Mitka struggle to discover new meanings of beauty and freedom, even as the world seems to be collapsing around them.
(ITL819, $15.99) |
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Vacation Under the Volcano
• 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) |
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Learn Italian Together
• 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) |
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Pompeii, Through Time
• Richard Platt
HISTORY •
2007 •
HARD COVER
• 48 PAGES
• FAMILY
This nicely illustrated history takes young readers step by step through the city's development, destruction and discovery from 750 B.C. through the present.
(ITA217, $16.99) |
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