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Around the World in a Hundred Years
During the late 15th century, explorers sailed a relatively unknown world in search of gold and spices. By turns ambitious and cruel, these explorers changed the map of the world in 100 years. The book includes many maps, notes, a bibliography, and an i
Author: Fritz, Jean |
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social studies
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Genius of Leonardo, The
Giacomo, a servant of Leonardo da Vinci, recounts the later life of the famous Italian Renaissance painter and inventor. The magnificent illustrations capture sketches, works of art, and daily life and the text includes quotation in italics from the note
Author: Visconti, Guido |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Leonardo Da Vinci
This biography of Da Vinci's life has beautiful illustrations in various Renaissance styles and a pronunciation guide, a foreword about the historical period, and a postscript that demonstrates the vulnerability of works of art.
Author: Stanley, Diane |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | language arts - reading
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Leonardo daVinci
This fascinating biography of Leonardo daVinci emphasizes his scientific curiosity and observation of the natural world that he recorded in his illustrated notebooks. The author has included very helpful resources: location of the notebooks today; books
Author: Krull, Kathleen |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Leonardo's Horse
Contemporary sculptors completed the horse that Leonardo da Vinci began but never finished.
Author: Fritz, Jean |
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language arts - reading
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Mona Lisa, The
Archival prints, photographs, reproductions, and illustrations introduce the reader to the world and life of Leonardo da Vinci, painter of the Mona Lisa.
Author: Kalz, Jill |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Second Mrs. Gioconda
In this fictionalized story of real people, Salai, servant of Leonardo da Vinci, tells how the painting of Mrs. Gioconda known as the Mona Lisa came to be painted.
Author: Konigsburg, E. L. |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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Stolen Smile, The
This somewhat fictionalized account recounts the stealing of Leonardi da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911 by Vincenzo Peruggia. End notes provide additional cultural and historical information.
Author: Lewis, J. Patrick |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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They Saw the Future
The author selects people throughout history who predicted the future. A bibliography provides further reading about the 12 seers included. There is an index.
Author: Krull, Kathleen |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Leonardo Da Vinci
This biography of Da Vinci's life has beautiful illustrations in various Renaissance styles and a pronunciation guide, a foreword about the historical period, and a postscript that demonstrates the vulnerability of works of art.
Author: Stanley, Diane |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies | language arts - reading
|
Leonardo daVinci
This fascinating biography of Leonardo daVinci emphasizes his scientific curiosity and observation of the natural world that he recorded in his illustrated notebooks. The author has included very helpful resources: location of the notebooks today; books
Author: Krull, Kathleen |
HSE Descriptors:
science
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Metropolis
This book provides a detailed look at 10 cities, from 11th century Jerusalem to 20th century New York City. Readers will learn about culture, architecture, and everyday life over the centuries as well as historical information about the cities themselves.
Author: Lorenz, Albert |
HSE Descriptors:
social studies
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Mona Lisa, The
Archival prints, photographs, reproductions, and illustrations introduce the reader to the world and life of Leonardo da Vinci, painter of the Mona Lisa.
Author: Kalz, Jill |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
|
Stolen Smile, The
This somewhat fictionalized account recounts the stealing of Leonardi da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa from the Louvre in 1911 by Vincenzo Peruggia. End notes provide additional cultural and historical information.
Author: Lewis, J. Patrick |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
|
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Leonardo daVinci
This fascinating biography of Leonardo daVinci emphasizes his scientific curiosity and observation of the natural world that he recorded in his illustrated notebooks. The author has included very helpful resources: location of the notebooks today; books
Author: Krull, Kathleen |
HSE Descriptors:
science
|
Second Mrs. Gioconda
In this fictionalized story of real people, Salai, servant of Leonardo da Vinci, tells how the painting of Mrs. Gioconda known as the Mona Lisa came to be painted.
Author: Konigsburg, E. L. |
HSE Descriptors:
language arts - reading
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