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List Price: $18.00 | | Publisher: R & S Books
Salesrank: 648992
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| Our Price: $29.00 |
| Used Price: $2.65 |
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| Media: Hardcover |
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Editorial Review:
Vendela has long been fascinated by Venice, where the streets are canals, the cars are boats, and the houses are palaces. Finally her father takes her on a special spring trip to the city, which turns out to be every bit as fairy-tale-like as he has promised. Vendela visits her special friends, the four golden horses in St. Mark's Basilica. She hunts winged lions, meets a terrible dragon, and explores colorful candy stores and samples almond-syrup milk.
But there are more floods in Venice every year. Will it still be there when Vendela grows up? As did Linnea in Monet's Garden, Vendela in Venice offers a wonderful introduction to the excitement of travel, art, and culture. Inga-Karin Eriksson's lovingly detailed illustrations of Venice will fire the imaginations of young readers and their parents whether they read the book at home or take it along on a trip to Italy.
Vendela in Venice Reviews:
Fun Souvenir of Venice for Children and Adults! 
2001-10-10 - I cchecked this out of the library to share some of the magic of Venice with my tweleve year old. She's been at me because I go on and on about La Serenissima, and having read the book, she now understands a bit of why I came to love this city so. I bought the book to keep with my Venice souvenirs as it gives so much information about the city and her sights.
Outstanding! 
2001-09-23 - This is the best child's book I have seen so far. I read it to my 7 year old son and I loved it as much as he did. I have been to Venice and I learned a lot of new things that I did not know. The story is interesting in a travelogue sort of way and the illustrations are wonderful and varied. The only similar book that comes close would be The Three Golden Keys about Prague. As a previous reviewer stated it would be great if there was a book about every city like this. Although a child's book it is quite substantial, beautifully produced, and well worth the money.
Vendela made our trip to Venice
2001-09-04 - My 8 year old son read Vendela over and over before we went to Venice. His familiarity with the city made our trip - he recognized sites from the air on the way in based on the book! The author weaves facts and history into the narrative so we didn't realize until there how much we had learned about history, art, statues, bridges, cats, lions, and getting around -- my son even figured out where we were lost one time based on an illustration he remembered. We based much of our visit on what Vendela had done, since it felt familiar (and magical for dad & boy). Vendela is part of our scrapbook now; terrific book. I wish such a work were available for every city. Beautiful illustrations, too!
Must-Have book!
2001-04-07 - Vendela in Venice is a must for anyone, young or old, heading for Venice for the first time. My 5 and 7 year olds love it, but older kids, teens and adults will appreciate it too. Vendela provides a great introduction to the city along with interesting historical facts and lesser-known stories that make the city come alive. If you are taking kids to Venice, you shouldn't go without this book!
A magical trip down the Grand Canal
2001-03-26 - Vendela is little girl who goes to Venice with her father. It is kind of gross (when the fish heads are cut off, and when the toilet seat falls off at the really old hotel), but it is magical too. Their hotel has a window looking out on the Grand Canal, and Vendela gets a diary from her father that has a different picture of Venice on each page. She writes a diary about the gold horses on Saint Mark's Cathedral (their lives and adventures). I liked the picture at the end of the book of her toy monkeys that got married! (The girl monkey has two right arms and legs!) Vendela takes a picture of every single lion in Venice--even a tiny one on the cafe wall that shows how high the flood water came up. (The lion is the symbol of Venice.) Venice sounded really fun when I read this story, and, guess what? I'm going there this spring!!
