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Stories in Italian to Read Free On-Line
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Dienne IT and Pianeta Bimbi - Fables The Rosetta Project - Antique Books |
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These are some of the beautiful illustrations from the 1924 book About Bunnies available to read on-line in English and Italian from The Rosetta Project.
Children's books in Italian to purchase from Amazon.com Here are three bi-lingual books for young English-speaking children to help them learn Italian, with cassettes, coloring books, stories...
And visit My Bambino .com for personalized children's books. Check out their Italian names and meanings page while you are there. Visit my Children's Books page Visit my Pinocchio page to read an illustrated Pinocchio on-line Classic Poetry and Stories for Children - The Best Things in Life are Free |
Dienne IT and Pianeta Bimbi - FablesDidatica e Nuovo Tecnolgie, Teaching and New Technologies, offers a listing of stories in Italian for children to read on-line. Most are texts transcribed. These two are scanned books with the illustrations. Alice in Wonderland - Alice nel paese delle meraviglie Alice in Wonderland - Alice nel paese delle meraviglie Pianeta Bimbi offers illustrated, one-page fables with morals in Italian.
The Rosetta Project - Antique Children's BooksThe Rosetta Project has one of the largest collection of antique children's books on-line. They've scanned the beautifully illustrated books, and provided translations into various languages, including Italian. The books are in English, but at the press of a button "Italiano", the Italian translation appears. If you're teaching your child Italian, it's a good resource. You can read the English and then read the same passage in Italian. Be sure to visit the site's main page to learn more about them and how to make a donation. And volunteers are always welcome for translations of their books into other languages. Just visit their Volunteers page for information on how to contribute. Here are direct links to their books with Italian translations This is a charming 1924 picture book (see the images on this page) that tells the story of bunnies who munch on a man's garden. This is the story of David Copperfield told for children. from 1926. There are some charming drawings to accompany the simplified text. This beautiful book is from 1928 and is from a series of books about brother and sister Bobby and Betty. Nearly every page is illustrated with either a silhouette or a color drawing showing in amusing detail children's clothing of the era. From 1903, this book illustrates the Mother Goose story of The Five Little Pigs. Little Karl, from 1918, wears a cap, scarf, patched pants and wooden clogs. The book tells the story of a Dutch family and is beautifully illustrated with full color Dutch-costumed country folk. Rhyming lines about kittens are accompanied by sweet illustrations, in this picture book from 1910-20. This is an early reader written by a 'reading specialist' from 1927. Each page is illustrated. Wonderful for teaching simple Italian vocabulary. This 'Six-Penny Toy Book' is from 1880 put out by the Religious Tract Society in England. It's text and illustrations aim to teach children correct behavior and the Christian faith. From 1921, this illustrated book tells the story of Peter Rabbit and his siblings: Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail. It's about their adventures in Mr. McGregor's garden. This 1927 book is not the classic text by Collodi, but it is charming all the same, and with many illustrations. This English book is part of 'The Robinson Crusoe' series of illustrated children's adventure books, from the late 1800s. It tells the classic tale of Robin Hood. Beatrix Potter of Peter Rabbit fame, tells this story of Squirrel Nutkin and his cousin Twinkleberry, from 1903. As you would expect from Beatrix Potter, the illustrations are magical. Also by Beatrix Potter, from 1906, is this story about the frog Mr. Jeremy Fisher. This is an imaginative and amusing tale illustrated to perfection, as is usual of Beatrix Potter. This illustrated story of the Three Little Pigs is from 1931 and from the 'Junior Color Classics' series. It's colorful alright. Each page is illustrated. This is an Italian book printed in Spanish. You can read the Italian translation, but avoid the poor English translation unless you want a laugh or two. It's about Tina and the little boy Tin who travel around the world together in a little car. No date on this one. This is an 1890 telling of Hans Christian Anderson's tale of The Ugly Duckling from the 'Father Tuck's Nursery Tales Series'. It's illustrated with pen and ink drawings and some beautiful color plates. This English book from 1900 is from 'The Tiny Tots Series' and it's about a day in the life of Wee Tony, a little baby boy who gets into all the things baby boys get into even today. Very fun illustrations. This might especially amuse bigger brothers and sisters who have a Tiny Tot in house.
The International Children's Digital LibraryThe ICDL offers scanned books in Italian.
La Biblioteca di Babele and Emilio SalgariItalian author Emilio Salgari wrote over 100 adventure books for young adults and adventurous adults. He's the Italian Jules Verne.
La Biblioteca di Babele has put many of his books on-line in three formats.
Here are direct links to a few of them. I misteri della jungla nera - The Mysteries of the Black Jungle Il Re del mare - The King of the Sea Salgari's books have recently been republished by Fabbri in Italy to great success. And if you wish to purchase English translations, try the Roh Press.
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Beautiful Flower Fairies by Artist Cicely Mary BarkerThese make lovely children's room decor when framed. They are all available from Allposters.com. Just click on the image to see the sizes, prices, framing options, etc.
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