Anna Maria's gift
By: by Janice Shefelman ; illustrated by Robert Papp.
Contributors: Papp, Robert, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House Children's Books; Random House
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
ISBN-13: 9780375858819; 9780375958816; 9780375858826
Subjects: Vivaldi, Antonio, -- 1678-1741 -- Fiction.; Violin -- Fiction.; Orphans -- Fiction.; Conduct of life -- Fiction.; Schools -- Fiction.; Venice (Italy) -- History -- 1508-1797 -- Fiction.; Italy -- History -- 1559-1789 -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: In 1715 Italy, eight-year-old Anna Maria Lombardini arrives at a Venice orphanage with little but the special violin her father made for her, but when her teacher, Antonio Vivaldi, favors her over a fellow student, the beloved instrument winds up in a canal. Includes glossary and historical note.
Notes: "A Stepping Stone Book."