Brave Donatella And The Jasmine Thief
BY CAROLINE STRICKLAND, ILLUSTRATED BY DONALD HENDRICKS
Brief Description:
Quaker author Caroline McAlister story is based on the Italian bridal tradition of wearing a sprig of jasmine on one's wedding dress. Duke Cosimo de' Medici loved beautiful flowers from far-off lands. So when an explorer delivers the magnificent jasmine plant all the way from India as a present he guards each leaf jealously. When the foolish gardener Antonio, determined to prove his love for Donatella, clips a sprig he is sent to prison. Now brave Donatella is his only hope for freedom. Ages 4-8
Charlesbridge 2010 32 PP. Cloth
$9.00
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