I was rather surprised that my niece and nephew connected with, and liked this story as well as they did! This story, which was based in fact, was well fleshed out and it didn't talk down to kids. There was a lot of vocabulary that needed to be defined for the kids, but that was a good thing. The...
The people of Florence wanted their cathedral to be complete, to be crowned with a beautiful dome. They initiated a contest. Many tried to design a dome, but all were failures until Pippo the Fool appeared. Pippo was the object of derision to many, but his design was flawless. It took Pippo many yea...