Marguerite Makes a Book
Author:
Bruce Robertson
Illustrator:
Kathryn Hewitt
Publication:
1999 by J. Paul Getty Museum
Genre:
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Picture Books
Pages:
40
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It's Paris in the early 1400s, and Lady Isabelle is getting anxious for the beautiful book she commissioned.
In this delightful story, author Bruce Robertson tells what happens on the very eventful day when the talented young Marguerite—daughter of the most famous manuscript illuminator in Paris—discovers she's going to have to lend a hand if Lady Isabelle is to have her book on time.
With illustrations by award-winning artist Kathryn Hewitt, Marguerite Makes a Book is a colorful adventure set in medieval Paris that shows readers of all ages the painstaking craftsmanship that went into the making of the sumptuous books that are among the treasures of the Getty Museum.
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Ancient Manusripts
Released in 2022 by Plumfield Moms Podcast
Available formats: Streaming Audio
Length: 32 min.
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Marguerite Makes a Book
Reviewed by Jenny Phillips
My eight-year-old daughter fell in love with this book and has read it several times...
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Marguerite Makes a Book
Reviewed by Diane Pendergraft
When Marguerite goes with her father to the libraire to get the parchment pages on which a scribe has written the prayers for the book, that Papa Jacques doesn’t do the writing. While there, he also buys gold leaf and powdered gold. As they are leaving, Papa Jacques is knocked down by a careening wagon and his glasses get broken. Marguerite gets Papa home, puts him to bed, and sets out to finish Papa’s project.
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