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Retelling of the life and fate of Achilles in Homer's Iliad.

A biography of the work, ideas, and wild inventions of Leonardo da Vinci, as seen through the eyes of his mischievous young assistant, Giacomo. Incorporates many original words and sketches.

Reviews the lives and works of two members of Assisi society, Francis and Clare, who renounced their wealth and founded religious orders dedicated to relying on God and living in peace, poverty, and humility.

Eight-year-old Giotto the shepherd boy confesses his dream of becoming an artist to the painter Cimabue, who teaches him how to make marvelous pigments from minerals, flowers, and eggs and takes him on as his pupil.

A boy is leaving for a mysterious journey that will take him to explore far away places. The only words describing these places, in this almost wordless book, are those of the maps that he draws.