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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)

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)

Italy, Enchantment of the World


by Jean F. Blashfield

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 144 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

This illustrated, factual survey by Children's Press introduces youngsters ages 9-12 to the people, daily life, history and culture of Italy. Filled with drawings, maps and photographs, this primer has much to offer the entire family. (ITA44, $39.00)

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)

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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