Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci

As a young boy in medieval Italy, Leonardo Fibonacci thought about numbers day and night. He was such a daydreamer that people called him a blockhead.

When Leonardo grew up and traveled the world, he was inspired by the numbers used in different countries. Then he realized that many things in nature, from the number of petals on a flower to the spiral of a nautilus shell, seem to follow a certain pattern. The boy who was once teased for being a blockhead had discovered what came to be known as the Fibonacci Sequence

Blockhead is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
Published: 03/30/2010
ISBN: 9780805063059
Pages: 40
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 11.26h x 8.88w x 0.35d

Review Citations: Booklist 01/01/2010 pg. 73
Kirkus Review - Children 02/15/2010
Publishers Weekly 02/22/2010 pg. 64
School Library Journal 03/01/2010 pg. 138
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2010 pg. 105
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2010
New York Times Book Review 08/15/2010 pg. 13
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 136583 / Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
Reading Level: 3.7 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5