New Releases by Nancy Kunhardt Lodge

Will Somebody Please Talk to Me? is a picture book about friendship that operates on a simple level, addressing the need of the narrator just to have someone to talk to.

MONA LISAS GHOST, a thrilling mystery, is the sequel to The Crystal Navigator in the Lucy Nightingale adventure series. During a class video about the Mona Lisa, Lucy and her best friend, Sam Winter notice that the painting seems to be melting. The painting is mysteriously stolen and Lucy must find it before it is destroyed. In an adventure that takes Lucy through the ghost-infested Catacombs of Paris, down underground rivers, and back to sixteenth-century France, she solves a mystery that would shock the world if it were ever made public.

El navegador de cristal hereda la tradición de los grandes libros de fantasía como Alicia en el país de las maravillas o El Mago de Oz. Cuenta la historia de una niña que ha perdido la confianza en sí misma y decide salir de su rutina a recuperarla. Con la ayuda del sabio Wilbur, un sorprendente perro, vuela atrás en el tiempo en una mágica aventura en busca de cinco grandes genios de la Historia del Arte. Con humor y sabiduría, la doctora en arte renacentista Nancy Lodge nos transporta a través de las historias reales de Leonardo da Vinci, Botticelli, Pontormo, Miguel Ángel, y Van Gogh desvelándonos algunos secretos de sus más famosos cuadros. Lucy se acercará al carácter, humor, personalidad y miedos de estos cinco grandes artistas. Mientras los va conociendo, se irá descubriendo a sí misma y recuperando la confianza perdida. Este libro es la única novela para niños que les permite experimentar de forma amena y divertida el arte del Renacimiento. Además educa a los jóvenes lectores a ver la vida como un viaje para descubrir la magia que todos llevamos dentro.

The Crystal Navigator is a middle grade fantasy in the classic tradition of The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland that celebrates the power of imagination. Eleven year old Lucy Nightingale is a special little girl. She can make things with her thoughts. However, she lost her confidence when her mind went blank during an oral report. Then a dazzling new teacher assigns another report about five paintings. Convinced that the only way to get an A on this assignment is to actually talk to the artists, Lucy summons a Wise One to help her with time travel. Her Wise One shows up in the form of a loveable, well-spoken, befuddled Corgi named Wilbur. Lucy and Wilbur fly back to fifteenth-century Florence. The journey turns perilous when the Navigator contracts a virus and propels the two friends into the wrong time. In triumphing over the obstacles Wilbur sets in her way, Lucy finds her self-confidence and more. The book will thrill and educate young readers about the value of viewing life as a journey and the magic that lives inside each of us.