For the 500th anniversary of Leonardo’s death, bestselling international author Luca Novelli guides us into the heart and mind of Leonardo da Vinci to bring the essence of his creativity to young readers in a notebook format that recalls Leonardo’s incredible creations and will stimulate all children and their bright ideas.
Wouldn’t it be incredible to be a genius like Leonardo? With this magical notebook in hand you can start on your own path to creativity. Designs, projects, and fantastic machines from Leonardo’s famous notebooks will inspire you to fill the spaces with your own ideas. Leonardo brings you into his world, and urges you to work beside him and understand his thought processes. Having studied everything from science to painting, to anatomy, to stage direction, to architecture and machinery, Leonardo’s vision will fill your mind with amazing thoughts and ideas. He did not start out as an excellent student, he may even have been dyslexic, but by studying, sketching, working and never giving up, he became the grande maestro: to painters, architects, writers and poets. Here he is, in all his genius, inviting you to join him and thanks to the extraordinary talents of author Luca Novelli, you can… Venite!

Luca Novelli