Candida Martinelli's Italophile Site
Main
Page This family-friendly site celebrates Italian culture for the enjoyment of children and
adults. Site-Overview
Dienne IT and
Pianeta Bimbi - Fables
The Rosetta
Project - Antique Books
Rosetta Books with Italian
Translations
International
Children's Digital Library 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 I have another page on this site
with lots of books for Italophile children.
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 Didatica
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 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
(click the Italiano button at the bottom of each book page).
1-2-3 Picture Book Here are a few I've read: 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. The hen and her three chicks plant and harvest wheat, then have
it milled, bake bread and eat it, from 1938. 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 ICDL offers scanned
books in Italian. Italian 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 Project Gutenberg offers one book, La favorita del Mahdi,
on-line to
read, or in various formats
to download. 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.
Project Gutenberg is a wonderful place on the
Internet. It's a place for bibliophiles. Thousands of
out-of-copyright books are available on-line in various formats
(e-books as well as HTML that can be read on-line) and they are ALL
FOR FREE! All their Italian books listed
here. Some for children that I've picked out:
Alice in Wonderland in Italian to read on-line or
various formats
to choose from to download.
First Italian Readings for young readers, including notes and a
vocabulary list for each short story,
on-line, and
various formats to choose from to download. The readings
include Cinderella and other childhood favorites.
Lezioni e racconti per bambini - Readings and stories for
children, with illustrations, to
read on-line or to download in
one of various
formats.
Italian audio book of
The Adventures of
Pinocchio. Available in various file formats including
MP3 and iTunes.
Children's
Stories in Italian to Read Free On-Line
Two new finds
Dienne IT and Pianeta Bimbi
- Fables
The Rosetta Project
- Antique Children's Books
Books (Rosetta) with
Italian Translations
ABC Bicycle Book
About Bunnies
Adventure of Walter and the Rabbits
Adventures of Sonny Bear
Aladdin, or The Wonderful Lamp
Away We Go
Babyland
Beauty and the Beast and Other Stories
The Bee Who Would Not Work
Bunny Brothers
Cat's Cradle
Chickies
The Creation of Woman
Daisy Dingle
David Copperfield
The Doings of Bobby and Betty
Eddie Elephant
Five Little Pigs
Four Footed Folk
Greta and Peter in Good Luck Land
The King of the Golden River
Little Babs
Little Karl
The Little Red Balloon
The Little Red Hen
Louis Wain Kitten Book
My First Book
My New Book
The Night Before Christmas
Nixie Bunny in Manners-Land
Peeps the Really Truly Sunshine Fairy
Peter Rabbit
Pinocchio
Ring O' Roses
The Robber Kitten
Robin Hood
The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin
Take Your Place In The Forest
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher
Tales of Little Cats
The Three Bears
Three Blind Mice
Three Little Pigs
Tin y Tina
The Ugly Duckling
Wee
Tony
Winkle, Twinkle and Lollypop The International Children's Digital Library
La Biblioteca di Babele
and Emilio Salgari
Project Gutenberg
Beautiful Flower Fairies by Artist Cicely Mary Barker
