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The story begins just as Nazi occupation in Italy has ended, during the months when Jewish children and teenagers returned home from concentration camps to find no family waiting. A few courageous souls help them adjust in an impromptu place with no resources, against the background of an Italy that is exhausted, miserable and reduced to ruins.
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Waiter is a beautiful black and white cat with a small problem: his master is called Nereo Carbone and he plans to eliminate all colors from the Earth by spreading the Grigite, a real threat to the world and to the hearts of all men.
Helped by the magical brush of Dorando, founder of the Opificio dei Colori, our four-legged friend finds himself in an adventure full of twists and turns in pursuit of Coloressenza, the only resource capable of dissolving...
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Follow Marie and Peter as they plant a garden, visit the museums, picnic at the beach, celebrate the holidays and other events of the season. A perfect place to start exploring new languages for children of all ages as it introduces common words, phrases and concepts to the beginning language learner through delightful songs and story.
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Happy, sad and silly: Learn Italian words while experiencing a wide range of emotions with Little Pim and friends -- from happiness and love, to sad faces, mad faces, and everything in between. This program features two new characters, Lola the Elephant and Bob the Bobcat, and introduces 60 Italian words and phrases kids can use to describe how they are feeling as they giggle along with Little Pim.
I can count!: Join Little Pim, his new friends,...
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A captivating tale of people at the margins of society who open their hearts to a stranger. In a run-down park on the outskirts of Rome, a two-year-old girl is discovered and taken in by a family of hard-luck circus performers. A note from a desperate mother reveals little about who she is or why she was left. As the bond grows between the girl and her surrogate family, this naturalistic drama becomes a revealing and soulful portrait of courage and...
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It is the haunting, hypnotic tale of a mysterious disappearance set in a little Sicilian village on the edge of a forest. Thirteen-year-old Luna, always dreaming, has a crush on her handsome classmate Giuseppe; they begin a tentative romance. But one day Giuseppe fails to show up at school. As the days pass with no sign of him, Luna tries to raise concern with family and friends.
14) Bad tales
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Italiano
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Once upon a time, in a small family suburb on the outskirts of Rome, the cheerful heat of the summer camouflages a stifling atmosphere of alienation. From a distance, the families seem normal, but it's an illusion. In the houses, courtyards and gardens, silence shrouds the subtle sadism of the fathers, the passivity of the mothers and the guilty indifference of adults. But it's the desperation and repressed rage of the children that will explode and...
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Deprived of his sight at an early age, Wolfgang Fasser turns to his ears for access to a world he once feared would be closed off forever. Awed by the restorative powers of sound, Fasser established a physical therapy retreat for disabled children where they use music and noise to communicate with others and gain control of their own bodies. As they embrace the physicality of sonic vibrations, the children's bodies slowly begin to move in harmony...
19) Italian
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Italiano
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"With Sing & learn Italian children will learn the alphabet, colors, numbers and vocabulary related to animals, food (including gelato flavors!), Carnevale, greetings, time as well as basic phrases. The book's colorful pictures will help children understand the songs, motivating them to learn more."--Container.