Paris in the 1400s. A young girl named Marguerite delights in assisting her father, Jacques, in his craft: illuminating manuscripts for the nobility of France. His current commission is a splendid book of hours for his patron, Lady Isabelle, but will he be able to finish it in time for Lady Isabelle's name day?
In this richly illustrated tale, Marguerite comes to her father's aid. She journeys all over Paris buying goose feathers for quills, eggs for mixing paints, dried plants and ground minerals for pigments. Then she expertly finishes the illumination of Lady Isabelle's book, to the delight of her father and his patron. This delightful book, brought to life by the finely detailed, evocative art of a renowned children's artists, was inspired by an illuminated manuscript in the collection of the Getty Museum.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 10/28/1999
ISBN: 9780892363728
Pages: 44
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 11.00h x 9.30w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 11/08/1999 pg. 68
Booklist 11/15/1999 pg. 628
School Library Journal 01/01/2000 pg. 110
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/1999 pg. 69 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Ingram Advance 10/01/1999 pg. 103
Univ PR Books for Public Libry 01/01/2000 pg. 65 - Outstanding
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2000 pg. 69 - Recommended, Satisfactory

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 42835 / Marguerite Makes a Book
Reading Level: 4.7 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5