Leonardo and the Flying Boy
10 best books like Leonardo and the Flying Boy (Laurence Anholt): Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare, Over and Under the Snow, The Curious Garden, Cry, Heart, But Never Break, Pocket Full of Colors: The Magical World of Mary Blair, Disney Artist Extraordinaire, Keith Haring: The Boy Who Just Kept Drawing, The Kitchen Knight: A Tale of King Arthur, Small Pig, Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter, Narwhal's Otter Friend
| Author | Diane Stanley |
| ISBN | 0688162940 |
William Shakespeare was the son of a glovemaker, a small-town boy with a grammar school education. Yet he grew up to become the greatest English-speaking playwright in the world. Bard of Avon: The Story of William Shakespeare is both his story and that of a great art rediscovered in the modern world.
Drama...
| Author | Kate Messner |
| ISBN | 0811867846 |
A cross country skiing outing by dad and daughter becomes the occasion for a consideration of all the critters living (mostly) under the snow during the winter. A companion book with the same level of lovely illustration to Over and Under the Pond, which I may even like a bit more, but they're both great,...
| Author | Peter Brown |
| ISBN | 0316015474 |
One boy's quest for a greener world... one garden at a time.
While out exploring one day, a little boy named Liam discovers a struggling garden and decides to take care of it. As time passes, the garden spreads throughout the dark, gray city, transforming it into a lush, green world.
This...
Cry, Heart, But Never Break
| Author | Glenn Ringtved |
| ISBN | 1592701876 |
Even to the most-learned men and women, few things are as scary, swamping and tearing as death. Like an end, that ultimate exit, beyond which everything becomes void and nothing remains to return, it hovers over us like a spying cloud, always waiting for that one chance to seize our life and make it its...
| Author | Amy Guglielmo |
| ISBN | 1481461311 |
Mary Blair lived her life in color: vivid, wild color.
From her imaginative childhood to her career as an illustrator, designer, and animator for Walt Disney Studios, Mary wouldn’t play by the rules. At a time when studios wanted to hire men and think in black and white, Mary painted twinkling...
| Author | Kay Haring |
| ISBN | 0525428194 |
Iconic pop artist Keith Haring comes to life for young readers in this picture book biography lovingly written by his sister
This one-of-a-kind book explores the life and art of Keith Haring from his childhood through his meteoric rise to fame. It sheds light on this important artist's great...
Well, I have modern sensibilities and could never get into Arthurian lore. But I loved Saint George and the Dragon by this team, and so I had to try this. Very glad I did. Not dumbed-down for kids, not updated for feminists, it is what it is. And it does set up the scene, tone, atmosphere, values... well enough...
| Author | Arnold Lobel |
| ISBN | 0060239328 |
Small Pig is about a pig who is small. He loves nothing more than to sink down in good, soft mud. But when the farmer's wife cleans up his mud puddle, the pig must go out into the world to find a place that is messy enough for him. Will he find his mud? What will the farmer and his wife do when they find that he's gone?
Small...
Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter
| Author | Cindy Neuschwander |
| ISBN | 1570916810 |
When young Per visits her uncle Sir Cumference and his family, she learns how to play the game, "Inners and Edges." After she finds a clue linking the game to the mysterious castle on the island of Immeter, she must figure out how to find the perimeter and area of a circle to unlock the island's secret.
Math...
Narwhal and Jelly . . . and Otty?! Exuberant Narwhal and skeptical Jelly test the waters of adding a new friend to their pod when they meet Otty the super-adventurous otter in the fourth book of this blockbuster early graphic novel series!
Dive into three new stories about the joy of adventure...
