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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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FRANCE: THE LOIRE VALLEY

For Kids

Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci


by Steve Augarde

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 64 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

12-year-old Paulo's life is changed forever when he becomes an apprentice to Leonardo da Vinci. There are errands to do, of course, but also mysterious happenings, and another apprentice who is not what he seems. Fully illustrated. (ITA53, $16.99)

Cathedral, The Story of its Construction

Cathedral, The Story of its Construction


by David Macaulay

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1973
  • HARD COVER
  • 77 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

In this illuminating book for middle readers, master draughtsman MacAulay presents text and innovative drawings that detail the planning and construction of a 13th-century Gothic cathedral. It's a masterpiece. (EUR24, $18.00)

Leonardo Da Vinci

Leonardo Da Vinci


by Kathleen Krull

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 124 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Beginning with a vivid description of superstition and squalor in the Middle Ages, Krull sets Da Vinci's extraordinary life in the context of his extraordinary time. A volume in the Giants of Science series, geared for grades 4-8. (ITL705, $5.99)

The Family Under the Bridge

The Family Under the Bridge


by Natalie Savage Carlson | Garth Williams

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 123 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

This Newbery Medal winning book for children ages 9-12 is a charming, wonderfully human story recounting the Parisian adventures of the hobo Armand and the three homeless children who make him shed his grumpy ways. (FRN313, $5.99)

The Yellow House, Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin Side by Side


by Susan Goldman Rubin | Joseph A. Smith

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

An illustrated book depicting the two months Vincent Van Gogh and Paul Gauguin spent together in Provence. Intended for children, but appropriate for anyone with an interest in the painters and their friendship. (FRN285, $18.95)

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver

A Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver


by E.L. Konigsburg

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

A marvelous fictionalized portrait of Eleanor of Aquitaine, queen of France and England successively, traveler to Constantinople, wife of a future saint, mother of Richard the Lionheart and for 15 years a prisoner of the English Crown. For young adults. (GBR245, $5.99)

The Red Keep: A Story of Burgundy in Year 1165

The Red Keep: A Story of Burgundy in Year 1165


by Allen French | Andew Wyeth

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 370 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

A classic tale of knights and robbers in the French countryside for young adults, much enhanced by Andrew Wyeth's incomparable illustrations. (FRN81, $15.95)

The Scarlet Pimpernel

The Scarlet Pimpernel


by Baroness Orczy

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

Wildly popular since his debut in 1903, the man known as the Scarlet Pimpernel is a foppy English lord by day and a daring genius by night. Here's the rip-roaring classic, set during the French Revolution. (FRN363, $9.95)

The Little Prince

The Little Prince


by Antoine de Saint Exupery | Richard Howard

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 83 PAGES
  • FAMILY

Antoine de Saint-Exupery's modern fable, enshrined in the hearts of many. First published in 1943, it tells of a naif extraterrestrial who wanders from planet to planet, learning wisdom as he goes. (FRN361, $10.00)

 

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