Stolen Smile, The |
Publication Information
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Author: Lewis, J. Patrick |
Illustrator: Kelley, Gary |
Title: Stolen Smile, The |
Date: 2004 |
Publisher: Creative Editions |
City: Mankato, MN |
ISBN, paperback: 1-56846-192-5 |
ISBN, hardback: |
Recommended audience:
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ABE/ABLE:
Yes |
ESOL:
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Family:
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Young Adult:
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Picture:
Yes |
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General Information:
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Book Type(s):
fiction, true story
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HSE Descriptor(s):
language arts - reading
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Summary: |
This somewhat fictionalized account recounts the stealing of Leonardi da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911 by Vincenzo Peruggia. End notes provide additional cultural and historical information. |
Teaching Ideas: |
This short, humorous story provides opportunities for generalization (main idea), inference (attitude of the Italian jailors), prediction (Stop on p. 30), and point of view (Tell the story for a French newspaper)(Who is the audience for the story?). Web searches for Perrugia, Vincenzo and Mona Lisa provide the reader with additional information and pictures. A Eureka dataabase search for da Vinci, Leonardo yields several books, including Katz' The Mona Lisa. |
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Types of Journals
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/types_of_journals.pdf
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Problem and Solution Outline and Text Frame
http://literacy.kent.edu/eureka/strategies/prob_solution.pdf
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