Age Range: 7-11 years.
Illustrator Website: http://www.bimbalandmann.com/
Awards: Utah: Children's Informational Book Award Nominees: 2002.
Annotation: Learn about Da Vinci’s inventions and dreams through the eyes of his assistant Giacomo.
Personal Reaction: This book gives insight into what Leonardo Da Vinci life was like during his older years. It is written from the point of view of his young assistant Giacomo who came to live with Da Vinci when he was ten years old. Leonardo knew that Giacomo was trouble from the start, but he never gave up on him.
Through Giacomo, reader’s will get a look into Da Vinci the artist, inventor, and the overall important man of his time. While this book is not incredibly in depth into the life of Leonardo Da Vinci, it does cover large topics about not only his life, but the time that he was living in as well.
The book also incorporates da Vinci’s own words and sketches throughout giving the reader’s a first-hand account of the great Leonardo da Vinci.
I would recommend using the book Leonardo Da Vinci by Diane Stanley as a basis of facts about Da Vinci’s life, and this as follow up to better understand large concepts about Da Vinci’s life and achievements. The two books together make a great match.
Curricular connections
Curricular Connection: Seventh Grade: 7.10 Students analyze the historical developments of the Scientific Revolution and its lasting effect on religious, political, and cultural institutions.
1. Discuss the roots of the Scientific Revolution (e.g., Greek rationalism; Jewish, Chris
tian, and Muslim science; Renaissance humanism; new knowledge from global explo
ration).
tian, and Muslim science; Renaissance humanism; new knowledge from global explo
ration).
2. Understand the significance of the new scientific theories (e.g., those of Copernicus,
Galileo, Kepler, Newton) and the significance of new inventions (e.g., the telescope,
microscope, thermometer, barometer).
Galileo, Kepler, Newton) and the significance of new inventions (e.g., the telescope,
microscope, thermometer, barometer).
Annotation by Loryn Amon, group project
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