Leonardo da Vinci for Kids

His Life and Ideas, 21 Activities

Janis Herbert

• Publisher: Chicago Review Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9781613742297
• Year: 1998

The marriage of art and science is celebrated in this beautifully illustrated four-color biography and activity book. Kids will begin to understand the important discoveries that da Vinci made through inspiring activities like determining the launch angle of a catapult, sketching birds and other animals, creating a map, learning to look at a painting, and much more. Includes a glossary, bibliography, listing of pertinent museums and Web sites, a timeline, and many interesting sidebars.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Note to Readers
• Timeline
• ONE A Boy in Uinci
• TWO The Young Apprentice
• THREE A Genius at Work
• FOUR “I Shall Continue.”
• Glossary
• Biographies
• Resources
• Bibliography
• Credits