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	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)
	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)
	Dante's Daughter • Kimberley Heuston • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS • A historical novel for young adults richly set in the poet's 14th-century Florence. (ITL708, $16.95)
	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)
	Discovering Cultures Italy • Margaret Gay Malone • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • An overview of the people, and history of Italy for kids ages 7-9 in the series Discovering Cultures. (ITL704, $28.50)
	Italy, the People • Greg Nickles • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • A cultural portrait of the Italian people, both northern and southern, well-illustrated with color photographs. It's suitable for middle-schoolers. (ITL335, $7.95)
	Kids Italian Picture Dictionary • Inc. Berlitz International • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • 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)
	Leonardo da Vinci • Diane Stanley • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) • A stunning pictorial biography for younger readers. (ITL694, $6.99)
	Leonardo's Horse • Hudson Talbott • Jean Fritz • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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, $18.99)
	Lorenzo De' Medici, Florence's Great Leader and Patron of the Arts • Lee Hancock • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • A sumptuously illustrated biography for grades 5-8. (ITL932, $33.25)
	The Road to Damietta • Scott O'Dell • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS • A young adult novel of the young St. Francis of Assisi, narrated by Francis's teenage neighbor, who longs to marry him -- but whose plans are foiled when Francis takes vows of celibacy and charity. (ITL319, $6.99)
	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, $6.95)
	T is for Toscana • Gary Kelley • LITERATURE • YOUNG READERS (Age 4-8) • This beautifully illustrated alpahebet book, with full-color, full-page drawings, evokes the places, history and allure of Tuscany. (ITL931, $17.95)

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