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Days Of The Blackbird: A Tale Of Northern Italy
Days Of The Blackbird A Tale Of Northern Italy
Author: Tomie dePaola
In this elegant tale, Tomie dePaola imagines how the Days of the Blackbird in northern Italy came to be. Gemma and her father, the Duke of Gennaro, live in a house with a courtyard that fills with birds of all colors through the spring and summer. When the Duke falls ill at the end of summer, Gemma begs the birds to stay to raise his spi...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780606331098
ISBN-10: 0606331093
Publication Date: 2/14/2005
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
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Publisher: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
Book Type: Turtleback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Beautiful story, interesting Italian culture. Can the pretty white bird La Colomba save the life of Gemma's father?

Ages 6-9 or so. Read the author's note at the end!


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