More than anything, Rosina wants to be a modern American girl. But how can she when everything around her on Mulberry Street is Italian. In this companion to Caldecott Honor book Peppe the Lamplighter, Elisa Bartone and Ted Lewin give modern-day children a special look at America just after World War I. American Too is based on the true story of how one young girl's imagination made her American dream come true. Full color.