There's a Dolphin in the Grand Canal
by John Bemelmans Marciano
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Luca, a young Italian boy, is bored until he meets a playful dolphin who takes him on a ride through the Venice waterways.Tags
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This is a great example of a fantasy book. It is a most believable story but the main character in the book is befriended by the dolphin and is taken on a wild ride all around the canals. The setting of the story is set up very nicely in Venice, and this makes the story all the more believable, it is just the extraordinary dolphin which is fantastical.
Art Media: watercolor
Appropriate Age: Primary
Art Media: watercolor
Appropriate Age: Primary
a nice book--lots of energy in the art, and fun for us as Curious Girl is currently fond of dolphins.
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Author and illustrator John Bemelmans Marciano is the grandson of award-winning writer Ludwig Bemelmans. John discovered an unfinished manuscript for a children's story featuring Bemelmans' beloved picture-book heroine Madeline while rummaging through his late relative's memorabilia. Although Marciano had never met his grandfather, who passed away show more in 1962, he was well aquinted with his grandfather's six "Madeline" books and Bemelmans' engaging artwork. Madeline in America, and Other Holiday Tales is based on Bemelman's unfinished manuscript, "Madeline's Christmas in Texas," completed and illustrated by Marciano. Basing his illustrations on the pencil sketches left by his grandfather, Marciano completes the story of Madeline who, with teacher Miss Clavel and the other eleven girls from her school in Paris, travels to Texas after she inherits a cattle ranch, gold mines, and oil wells. Including two other stories by Bemelmans, Madeline in America, and Other Holiday Tales also features an essay by Marciano's mother, Barbara Bemelmans, describing Christmas festivities in her artistic father's home. His title Madeline at the White House made Publisher's Weekly best seller list in 2011. (Publisher Provided) show less
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