The Paint Box by Maxine Trottier

Length: 27 Pages, Picture Book

This is a beautifully illustrated picture book that tells of a famous artist's daughter and how she dresses like a boy so she can go around Venice with her father. She meets a servant boy from a far away country and hear's how his family sold him for food to eat. He has come to Venice and his master is being painted by the artist. The story follows the relationship between the two children and what happens to the two of them. The last page of the book has a description of the artist and the Renaissance time period.