AA Essential Italian for Kids: Phrases Teacher Never Told You |
 Wina Gunn
ISBN: 0749530391
A practical, educational and fun phrase book, designed especially for children. Key features include: making friends; lunchtime; looking good; hanging out; pocket money; and grown-up talk. |
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Beautiful Angiola: The Great Treasury of Sicilian Folk and Fairy Tales |
 Laura Gonzenbach, Jack Zipes (Introduction)
ISBN: 0415968089
In one of the most startling literary discoveries of recent years, Jack Zipes has uncovered this neglected treasure trove of Sicilian folk and fairy tales. Like the Grimm brothers before her, Laura Gonzenbach, a talented Swiss-German born in Sicily,...(read more) |
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En Ingles Por Supuesto |
 Josephine Nobisso
ISBN: 0940112140
Set in the Bronx during the 1950s, when post-war immigrant children were placed in their first American classrooms, this delightful story tells of the riotous linguistic misunderstandings of Josephine's first day of school. The daughter of savvy Italian...(read more) |
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Florence - Just Add Water |
Monica Fintoni, Simone Frasca, Andrea Paoletti, Silvia Vanni
ISBN: 888595748X
This is a colourful and entertaining survival kit for teenagers visiting (or living in) Florence. It was thought up, written and designed in collaboration with Amici Musei Fiorentini. |
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Hello, Fruit Face! The Paintings of Giuseppe Arcimboldo |
 Claudia Strand
ISBN: 379132084X
In the fantastic portraits of the 16th-century painter Giuseppe Arcimboldo, compositions of fruit, vegetables, flowers, books, animals or garden tools magically turn into vivid depictions of beautiful young women, weathered old men or the...(read more) |
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Italy |
 Kathryn Britton
ISBN: 0750240105
From the wealthy cities of the north to the parched olive groves of the south, Italians are rising to the challenge of European Union membership - and their lives are changing in other ways, too. Agriculture and manufacturing were once Italy's main...(read more) |
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Leonardo Da Vinci for Kids: His Life and Ideas - 21 Activities |
 Janis Herbert
ISBN: 1556522983
Leonardo da Vinci was a great inventor, military engineer, scientist, botanist, and mathematician, as well as a consummate painter and sculptor. Children will love learning about the man who painted the Mona Lisa and invented the bicycle among...(read more) |
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Marco Polo for Kids |
 Janis Herbert
ISBN: 1556523777
Traces Marco Polo's journey from Venice to China along the 13th-century Silk Road, describes the cultures he observed, and gives instruction for such activities as creating mosaics, weaving a wallhanging, and playing Chinese games. |
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The Thread of Life: Twelve Old Italian Tales |
 Domenico Vittorini, Mary GrandPre (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0762416696
Twelve magical and enchanting fairy tales from the Italian countryside are brought to life with expressive illustrations by Mary GrandPre, instantly recognized as the illustrator of the American editions of the Harry Potter series. - Originally...(read more) |
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Vacation Under the Volcano |
 Mary Pope Osborne
ISBN: 0679890505
In their first adventure as Master Librarian s, Jack and Annie go to the city of Pompeii to bring back an ancient story that is in danger of being lost forever. |
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