Leonardo da Vinci (Stanley book)

1996 book by Diane Stanley

Leonardo da Vinci

Author| Diane Stanley
Illustrator| Diane Stanley
Language| English
Subject| Children's non-fiction literature, Biography, Renaissance, Leonardo da Vinci
Published| 1996 (Morrow Junior Books)
Publication place| US
Media type| Print (hardback)
Pages| 44 (unpaginated)
ISBN| 9780613300032
OCLC| 32893772

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

## Reception

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A Booklist review of Leonardo da Vinci called it "[a]n 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 that "the real emphasis is on [Leonardo's] work ... making this less a complete biography than a celebration of his inquiring spirit and creative vision",[1] and Library Media Connection, the magazine of Libraries Unlimited, remarked that "[d]etailed 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] In the opinion of Kirkus Reviews, "[m]ore 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 the book Stanley's "most stunning pictorial biography to date", writing that "[w]hile her text is thoroughly intriguing, even more impressive is the artistic challenge Stanley takes on and triumphantly meets"; it concluded: "[a] virtuosic work."[3] Common Sense Media wrote that "Diane Stanley's Leonardo da Vinci is every parent's answer to the problem of dry, boring biographies".[4]

## Awards and nominations

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* 1996: Orbis Pictus – winner[5]
* 1997: Boston Globe–Horn Book Award – honor[6]

## References

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1. ^ a b c d "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.

## External links

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* Children's literature portal

* Library holdings of Leonardo da Vinci

*[OCLC]: Online Computer Library Center number