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Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The touching, magical story of a boy in a war-torn country and the stone lion that rescues him. Renato loves his home in Florence, Italy. He loves playing with his friends in the Piazza della Signoria. He loves walking home by the beautiful buildings and fountains with his father in the evenings. And he especially loves the stone lion who seems to smile at him from a pedestal in the piazza. The lion makes him feel safe. But one day his father tells...
Author
Series
Olivia books (Ian Falconer) volume 6
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
On a family vacation in Venice, Olivia indulges in gelato, rides in a gondola, and finds the perfect souvenir.
Author
Pub. Date
[1975]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Tomie de Paola's first story featuring his beloved Strega Nona character, who began life in the 1970s as a doodle, and was the perfect creation for his Italianized retelling of Der süße Brei, Grimm's Fairy Tales, number 103. Der süße Brei, or The sweet porridge, is better known in English as The magic porridge pot.
When Strega Nona leaves him alone with her magic pasta pot, Big Anthony is determined to show the townspeople how it works.
Author
Series
Anholt's artists volume 4
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Zoro is a pupil of Leonard da Vinci, and he learns that Leonardo is interested in building a flying machine.
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
In 1889 Napoli, Italy, Raffaele Esposito prepares a special pizza for the queen. Based on a true story. Includes a recipe. Raffaele makes the best pizza in all of Napoli. It is so good that even Queen Margherita herself has requested a taste. Raffaele scurries around town to collect the finest ingredients for his pizza, but what will he do when a sneaky cat eats his anchovies? Inspired by the colors of the Italian flag, Raffaele creates a new kind...
19) Big Anthony
Author
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Big Anthony, well-meaning but inattentive, journeys around Italy causing one problem after another, before meeting Strega Nona.
20) Tony's bread
Author
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
A baker loses his daughter but gains a bakery in the grand city of Milano after meeting a determined nobleman...
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