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Advanced    Search    Our Favorites    New & Noteworthy    Forthcoming    Best of 2009    Mysteries    ABOUT US       The Business       The People    SMALL PRINT       Ordering       Shipping       Customer       Service       Visiting		HIDDEN VENICE For Kids E-mail Print   Berlitz Kids Italian Language Pack  •   Berlitz Multimedia   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  This Italian language set, all packed in a red-handled box, includes a 64-page storybook, flashcards, a 200-word picture dictionary, audio CD, parent's guide and certificate. For kids ages 4 to 8. (ITL270, $26.95)     Carnival at Candlelight  •  Mary Pope Osborne   • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  Jack and Annie travel to 17th-century Venice to save the city from a disastrous flood in this Magic Tree House book for ages 8-10. (ITA63, $4.99)     Starry Messenger, Galileo Galilei  •  Peter Sis   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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)     This Is Venice  •  Miroslav Sasek   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8)  •  A classic portrait of Venice for children, part of Savek's beloved and nostalgic children's travel series. First published in 1961, this facsimile edition of Sasek's charming original includes the same bright, stylized illustrations. Idea for ages 4-8. (ITL627, $17.95)     The Diary of Melanie Martin: Or How I Survived Matt the Brat, Michelangelo, and the Leaning Tower of Pizza  •  Carol Weston   • LITERATURE • 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)     Are We There Yet?  •  David Levithan   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  Levithan makes the most of an excellent setup in this novel which places two brothers, 16 and 23, in Italy on vacation with their parents. Told in alternating chapters, the novel shows the changing relationship between the two very different youths. (ITL611, $8.99)     Daughter of Venice  •  Donna Jo Napoli   • LITERATURE • 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)     Stones in Water  •  Donna Jo Napoli   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  A Venetian gondolier's son and two friends, one Jewish, are taken by Nazi soldiers in this well-researched, suspenseful tale for ages 10-14. (ITA41, $5.99)     home map   |   book bag   |   advanced search   |   contact us
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