Marguerite Makes a Book

The spirited adventure of a young Parisian girl in the fifteenth century who learns the art of illuminating manuscripts from her father.

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.

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 curre...