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Jen's Reading List for Italy

Travel Guides

• Rick Steves' Italy 2006 by Rick Steves and Gene Openshaw
• Rick Steves' Europe 101: History and Art for the Traveler by Rick Steves and Gene Openshaw
• Mona Winks by Rick Steves and Gene Openshaw
• Italy with Kids by Barbara Pape
• Fodor's Around Rome with Kids
• Take Your Kids to Europe by Cynthia Harriman

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Language Guides

• Rick Steves' Italian Phrase Book and Dictionary by Rick Steves

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Adult Literature

• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
• The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone
• Italian Neighbors by Tim Parks

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Children's Literature

Chapter Books

• Stavaganza Trilogy by Mary Hoffman
  1. City of Masks
  2. City of Stars
  3. City of Flowers
• Daughter of Venice by Donna Jo Napoli
• On Etruscan Time by Tracy Barrett
• Tiger, Tiger by Lynne Reid Banks
• A Travel Guide to Renaissance Florence by James Barter

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Picture Books Suitable for Older Kids

• Leonardo, the Beautiful Dreamer by Robert Byrd
• Michelangelo by Diane Stanley
• Leonardo Di Vinci by Diane Stanley
• Starry Messenger by Peter Sis
• Ancient Rome: Monuments Past and Present by R.A. Staccioli.
  "With cool plastic overlays, you can see what the unadorned ruins look like today, and what they looked like in Roman times."

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Activity Books, etc.

• The Renaissance Art Game by Wenda O'Reilly
  includes the Renaissance Art Book
• Kids Europe Italy Discovery Journal: Adventures for Kids 6-16 by P.L. Byrne
  e-book, can be printed

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Created by Jennifer Perry for Information Inquiry for Teachers (L551)
Indiana University School of Library and Information Science
Contact jeperry at indiana dot edu.
First published October 1, 2005.
Last updated October 2, 2005.