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Leonardo Da Vinci
Contributor(s): Stanley, Diane (Author), Stanley, Diane (Illustrator)
ISBN: 0688161553     ISBN-13: 9780688161552
Publisher: HarperCollins
OUR PRICE:   $10.79  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: August 2000
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Annotation: As a boy, Leonardo was apprenticed to a famous artist. But his passions stretched beyond art. He also filled notebooks with plans for incredible inventions. An award-winning author and artist blends storytelling with illustrations to convey the stunning scope of Leonardo's genius.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Art
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - Renaissance
Dewey: B
LCCN: 95035227
Lexile Measure: 1010
Physical Information: 0.16" H x 9.02" W x 10.94" (0.51 lbs) 48 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 13759
Reading Level: 6.8   Interest Level: Middle Grades   Point Value: 1.0
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:

In this magnificent addition to a distinguished series that includes Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, and Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare, award-winning author-artist Diane Stanley blends wonderful storytelling with gorgeous illustrations to convey the stunning scope of Leonardo da Vinci's genius in a book that has won many awards and earned two starred reviews. This nonfiction picture book is an excellent choice to share during homeschooling, in particular for children ages 6 to 8. It's a fun way to learn to read and as a supplement for activity books for children.

A 1996 ALA Notable Book
A 1997 Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Book for Nonfiction
A 1997 Orbis Pictus Award
A 1996 Publishers Weekly Best Books Award


Contributor Bio(s): Stanley, Diane: -

Diane Stanley is the author and illustrator of beloved books for young readers, including The Silver Bowl, which received three starred reviews, was named a best book of the year by Kirkus Reviews and Book Links Lasting Connections, and was an ALA Booklist Editors' Choice; The Cup and the Crown; Saving Sky, winner of the Arab American Museum's Arab American Book Award and a Bank Street College of Education Best Book of the Year; Bella at Midnight, a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year and an ALA Booklist Editors' Choice; The Mysterious Case of the Allbright Academy; The Mysterious Matter of I. M. Fine; and A Time Apart. Well known as the author and illustrator of award-winning picture-book biographies, she is the recipient of the Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children and the Washington Post-Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award for her body of work.

Ms. Stanley has also written and illustrated numerous picture books, including three creatively reimagined fairy tales: The Giant and the Beanstalk, Goldie and the Three Bears, and Rumpelstiltskin's Daughter. She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. dianestanleybooks.com.