The Gondolier of Venice

by Robert Kraus

Gregory the gondolier comes up with a plan to keep Venice from sinking.

32 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Robert Kraus was an American children's author, cartoonist and publisher. Founder and publisher of Windmill Books, author and illustrator of award-winning children's books, Kraus began as a cartoonist and cover artist for The New Yorker. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...]

Reviews

[David Schwenker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Beautiful and evocative artwork. Story starts as an informative (though dry) travelogue but turns into a pleasant story about saving the city from submerging. The two parts seem somewhat disconnected, however.

[J · Rating 2 out of 5]

The book started off catching my interest as it explained some of the sights of Venice but then it lost me by stating there was a problem that you hadn't been made aware of earlier in the book - about five pages ago.

The illustrations were detailed and cute grayscale. The coloration was a disappointment to me since the cover of the book was done in beautiful colors that I wish had also been used in the book.

With the exception of bringing up the problem earlier in the story the tale was cute, easy to follow and creative in the solution for fixing the problem.