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Leonardo’s Horse
2-part book about Leonardo da Vinci’s unrealized giant horse sculpture, and American art enthusiast Charles Dent’s efforts to recreate it centuries later.
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Primavera
The daughter of the wealthy banking Pazzi family suffers the aftermath of her family’s attempt to assassinate members of the powerful Medici family. She is forced into hiding as a boy goldsmith apprentice.
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The Wheel on the School
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Da Vinci’s Tiger
Wealthy 16 yo girl is introduced to Medici social circle. Based on Ginevra de’ Benci, subject of one of da Vinci’s portraits.
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Catherine, Called Birdy
14 yo daughter of a lord rebels against her father’s plans for her marriage in Medieval England.
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The Good Son
Picture book about horrors of WW 1 as told through photographs of miniature painted soldiers
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Adam of the Road
An English boy searches for his stolen dog through the English countryside in medieval times.
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Box: Henry Brown Mails Himself to Freedom
Picture book biography in verse of life of Henry “Box” Brown, an African American slave who mailed himself to freedom. With back matter.
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Kaiulani, The People’s Princess
Diary of last princess of Hawaii, who was sent to England for school, while white businessmen angled to take over control of her beloved islands. Part of Scholastic’s Royal Diaries series
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