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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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INTERGENERATIONAL: MAGICAL VENICE

For Kids

Carnival at Candlelight

Carnival at Candlelight


by Mary Pope Osborne

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 105 PAGES
  • 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)

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 Thief Lord

The Thief Lord


by Cornelia Funke

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

The hidden canals and crumbling rooftops of Venice shelter runaways and children with incredible secrets in this captivating novel for ages 9 to 12. (ITA170, $7.99)

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, $6.99)

Stones in Water


by Donna Jo Napoli

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES
  • 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)

Stravaganza, City of Masks

Stravaganza, City of Masks


by Mary Hoffman

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

For teenagers with a taste for rip-roaring adventure and an interest in Renaissance Italian history. When contemporary London teen Lucien finds himself magically transported to Renaissance Venice, he realizes that his way home lies somewhere amidst the dangerous political intrigues surrounding someone called the Duchessa. The first book of the acclaimed Stravaganza series. (ITA247, $8.99)

The Thief Lord


by Richard Claus

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2007
  • DVD
  • YOUNG ADULTS

This dazzling film adaptation of Cornelia Funke's award-winning children's book -- also available ( (ITA170, $7.99) -- restages the adventures of two orphaned brothers, Prosper and Bo, who escape from their cruel aunt to Venice. There they meet Scipio, the mysterious Thief Lord, who shows them all the secrets of the magical city. (ITA249, $14.98)

 

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