Great Reading: Bookmark It! Volume
28, Number 3, February 2001
Return to the Renaissance, Grades 5-9
Jessica Higgs
Art of the Renaissance. Lucia Corrain.
Peter
Bedrick Books, 1997. $22.50. 0-87226-526-9. Grades
5-8. This oversized volume focuses on the techniques
and achievements of the Renaissance Masters.
Italian Renaissance. Karen Osman.
Lucent Books,
1996. $28.45. 1-56006-237-1. Grades 6-8. Discusses
the birth and heritage of the Renaissance in Florence
and Rome.
Michaelangelo and his times. Veronique Milande.
Henry Holt, 1995. $19.95. 0-8050-4660-7. Grades 5-7.
Dynamic two-paged spreads create a highly interactive
account of this Renaissance genius.
Outrageous women of the Renaissance.
Vicki
Leon. $12.95. 0-417-17006-2. Grades 5-8. Fifteen notable
Renaissance women are celebrated for their exploits
and achievements.
Renaissance. James A. Corrick.
Lucent Books,
1998. $28.45. 1-56006-311-4. Grades 6-8. Primary source
quotations and a timeline document the principal figures
and events of the Renaissance.
Renaissance. Andrew Langley.
Dorling Kindersley,
1999. $19.95. 0-7737-3179-2. Grades 6-8. Familiar "Eyewitness" overview
covers Renaissance highlights from art to warfare.
Renaissance town. Jacqueline Morley.
MacDonald
Young Books, 1996. $23.95. 0-7500-1938-7. Grades 5-7.
Cutaway illustrations reveal what really went on inside
a Renaissance town.
Three masters of the Renaissance. Claudio Merlo.
Barrons, 1999. $8.95 0-7641-0946-4. Grades 6-9. The
far-reaching legacy of Leonardo, Michaelangelo and
Raphael are examined at length.
 Jessica Higgs is a children's librarian in the
Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, British Columbia.
She can be reached at jessihig@vpl.vancouver.bc.ca
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