Leonardo da Vinci (Stanley book)

Leonardo da Vinci is a 1996 children's biography by Diane Stanley. The book looks at da Vinci's life and accomplishments.

Leonardo da Vinci
AuthorDiane Stanley
IllustratorDiane Stanley
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
SubjectChildren's non-fiction literature, Biography, Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci
Published1996 (Morrow Junior Books)
Media typePrint (hardback)
Pages44 (unpaginated)
ISBN9780613300032
OCLC32893772

Reception

A Booklist review of Leonardo Da Vinci wrote "An impressive tribute to a man whose curiosity and artistic imagination amazed the world, then and now."[1] and the School Library Journal called it "A gorgeous biography ..",[1] The Horn Book Magazine wrote "the real emphasis is on his (da Vinci's) work .. making this less a complete biography than a celebration of his inquiring spirit and creative vision.",[1] and Library Media Connection, magazine of Libraries Unlimited, found "Detailed illustrations and sophisticated vocabulary and thought concepts will delight the browser, while the detailed timeline and excellent bibliography including primary sources will be useful to the researcher."[1] while Kirkus Reviews stated "More than Leonardo's genius, this book captures the caprice time and fate plays on even the gifted, so that what readers finally admire in Leonardo are not his creations, but his ideas."[2]

Publishers Weekly called it "her most stunning pictorial biography to date.", writing "While her text is thoroughly intriguing, even more impressive is the artistic challenge Stanley takes on and triumphantly meets .." and concluded "A virtuosic work."[3] Common Sense Media wrote "Diane Stanley's Leonardo Da Vinci is every parent's answer to the problem of dry, boring biographies."[4]

Awards and nominations
1996 Orbis Pictus - winner[5]
1997 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award - honor[6]

References
  1. "Reviews". catalog.wccls.org. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  2. "Leonardo da Vinci". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. July 15, 1996. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  3. "Leonardo da Vinci". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. September 2, 1996. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  4. "Leonardo da Vinci". commonsensemedia.org. Common Sense Media Inc. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
  5. Lee Galda; Lauren A. Liang; Bernice E. Cullinan (2016). Literature and the Child. Cengage Learning. p. 178.
  6. "Past Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winners". hbook.com. Media Source. May 30, 2011. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
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