Great Lives in Graphics: Leonardo Da Vinci

Button Books
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Great Lives in Graphics reimagines the lives of extraordinary people in vivid technicolour,
presenting 250+ biographical facts in a new and exciting way.

The Great
Lives in Graphics
series takes the essential dates and achievements of
each person's life, mixes them with lesser-known facts and trivia, and uses
infographics to show them in a fresh visual way that is genuinely engaging for
children and young adults. The result is a colorful, fascinating and often
surprising representation of that person's life, work and legacy. Using
timelines, maps, repeated motifs and many more beautiful and informative
illustrations, readers learn not just about the main subject of the book but
also about the cultural background of the time in which they lived.

You may
already know that Leonardo da Vinci was a painter, but did you know he invented
contact lenses? Or that he could draw with one hand while writing backward with
the other?

This
graphic retelling of Leonardo's story gives children a visual snapshot of his
life and the world he grew up in, while educating them on everything from the
Renaissance to the wonders of creativity.



Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Button Books
Published: 10/08/2024
ISBN: 9781787081123
Pages: 32