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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)

Starry Messenger, Galileo Galilei

Starry Messenger, Galileo Galilei


by Peter Sis

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 40 PAGES
  • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)

A beautifully illustrated homage to Galileo for children ages 6 to 8. In simple prose, Sis chronicles Galileo's life and evokes the Renaissance world. It's a memorable introduction to science and Italy. (ITL331, $7.99)

Eyewitness: Ancient Rome

Eyewitness: Ancient Rome


by Simon James | Nick Nichols

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 72 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A visually rich survey of ancient Rome, this book in the excellent Eyewitness series explores daily life and history in the city and the outlying empire. (ITL337, $16.99)

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)

Leonardo, Beautiful Dreamer


by Robert Byrd

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 40 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

An oversize, beautifully illustrated introduction to the life and work of Leonardo for 7-10 year olds. (ITL487, $17.99)

Rome Antics


by David Macaulay

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 80 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

The incomparable MacAulay depicts Rome, ancient and modern, in this illustrated book told from the point of view of a wayward pigeon. For readers of all ages. (ITL64, $18.00)

The Diary of Melanie Martin: Or How I Survived Matt the Brat, Michelangelo, and the Leaning Tower of Pizza

The Diary of Melanie Martin: Or How I Survived Matt the Brat, Michelangelo, and the Leaning Tower of Pizza


by Carol Weston

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

Ten-year-old Melanie tells all about her family's summer trip to Italy, writing it all down in her dear diary. A hit on the middle-school market, it packs in a lot of cultural information while being very of-the-moment. Ages 8-10. (ITL438, $5.50)

The Genius of Leonardo


by Guido Visconti

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 40 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

A picture-book biography of the master's later years, integrating quotes from Leonardo's notebooks and his interactions with a fictional 10-year-old apprentice, whom the artist calls "a liar, a thief, and a greedy brute." Geared for ages 7-12. (ITL706, $16.99)

The Roman Colosseum, A Wonders of the World Book


by Elizabeth Mann

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 48 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

One in the growing series of illustrated Wonders of the World, this book tells the story of the first stadium's construction and uses, highlighting both the ingenuity and cruelty that defined the Roman Empire. (ITL789, $9.95)

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Gladiator!

You Wouldn't Want to Be a Roman Gladiator!


by John Malam | David Antram

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 32 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

One in a clever educational series, this amusingly illustrated book discloses the gory details of life in the Roman arena. (ITL340, $9.95)

Dante's Daughter

Dante's Daughter


by Kimberley Heuston

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 302 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

In this richly drawn historical novel for young adults, the daughter of the famed poet must forge her own destiny in patriarchal 14th-century Florence, where her artistic talent and intelligence are often overlooked. (ITL708, $16.95)

Daughter of Venice

Daughter of Venice


by Donna Jo Napoli

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 274 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

Prevented by Venetian custom from walking about her own native city, high-spirited Donata dresses herself as a boy and sets out to see the sights. Lots of period detail enlivens this young adult novel about life in 16th-century Venice. (ITL343, $6.50)

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)

Leonardo's Horse


by Hudson Talbott | Jean Fritz

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 40 PAGES
  • FAMILY

Crackerjack children's writer Jean Fritz here presents an intriguing dual biography: first, of Leonardo da Vinci, who labored for years on a giant bronze sculpture of a horse, never finished; and secondly, of Charlie Dent, an American who in 1977 vowed to complete what Leonardo began. (ITL344, $21.99)

 

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