Italy:

Picture book list (True Stories):

• Pippo the Fool

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• Stone Giant: Michelangelo’s David and How He Came to Be

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• I, Vivaldi

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• Starry Messenger: Galileo Galilei

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• Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamer

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• A Thousand Glass Flowers: Marietta Barovier and the Invention of the Rosetta Bead

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• Maria Montessori

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• Orani: My Father’s Village

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• All the Way to America: The Story of a Big Italian Family and a Little Shovel

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• The Brave Cyclist: The True Story of a Holocaust Hero

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• Dancing on Grapes

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• Ciao, Sandro!

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• Michelangelo’s Surprise

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• Pizza for The Queen

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• Francesco Tirelli’s Ice Cream Shop

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• I, Galileo

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• Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci

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Picture book list (Fiction):

• Strega Nona

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• Tony’s Bread

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• Big Anthony: His Story

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• Strega Nona: Her Story

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• Strega Nona’s Magic Lessons

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• Big Anthony and the Magic Ring

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• Strega Nona Meets Her Match

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• Strega Nona Takes a Vacation

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• Paolo, Emperor of Rome

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• Madeline and the Cats of Rome

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• The House

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• Galileo’s Leaning Tower Experiment: A Science Adventure (historical fiction)

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• Vendela in Venice

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• Renato and the Lion

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• Olivia Goes to Venice

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• The Matchbox Diary

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• A Trip to the Top of the Volcano with Mouse: TOON Level 1

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• Pizza in Pienza

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• There’s a Dolphin in the Grand Canal

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• Tomasso and the Missing Line

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• Gabriella’s Song

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• Escape from Pompeii (historical fiction)

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Picture book list (Folk Tales):

• The Glassmaker’s Daughter

• Saint Francis and the Wolf

• The Clown of God

• Papa Gatto: An Italian Fairy Tale

• The Legend of Old Befana: An Italian Christmas Story

Picture book list (Factual):

• Michelangelo for Kids: His Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities

• Let’s Go to Italy!

• Pompeii —Buried Alive! (Step into Reading)

• Living in…Italy: Ready to Read Level 2

• This is Rome

• This is Venice

• Anno’s Italy

• If You Were Me and Lived In…Renaissance Italy: An Introduction to Civilizations Throughout Time

• Eyewitness Ancient Rome: Discover one of history’s greatest civilizations

• See Inside Ancient Rome (Usborne flap book)

• Magnificent Milan

• The Wonders of Florence

• Italy ABCs: A Book About the People and Places of Italy

• Let’s Eat Snails

• Michelangelo for Kids: His Life and Ideas, with 21 Activities

• Marco Polo for Kids: His Marvelous Journey to China, 21 Activities

• Where is the Colosseum?

• Venice: A 3D Keepsake Cityscape

• Pizza!: A Slice of History

Chapter book list:

• Midnight in the Piazza

• Vacation Under the Volcano (early elementary)

• Just a Girl: A True Story of World War II

• The Adventures of Pinocchio (Illustrated): The Classic Edition with Original Illustrations

• Roman Diary: The Journey of Illiona, A Young Slave (mildly mature themes)

• Detectives in Togas

• Little Italy: Italian Americans: A Story Based on Real History

• Granny Torelli Makes Soup

• Postcards from Venice

• Lost in Rome

• Dodsworth in Rome (early elementary)

• Penny from Heaven

Activity book list:

• Mission Rome: A Scavenger Hunt Adventure

• Mission Florence: A Scavenger Hunt Adventure