by Mary Pope Osborne · Bayard Jeunesse · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782747027373
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«Le Secret de Léonard de Vinci» is the children's adventure novel by Mary Pope Osborne, published by Bayard Jeunesse in paperback (160 pages, in French).
To restore Merlin's joy, the fairy Morgana sends Tom and Léa to find the second of the four secrets of happiness. They travel to Renaissance Florence, become apprentices of Leonardo da Vinci for a day, and discover a genius disheartened by the failure of his inventions, though he is still working on the portrait of the Mona Lisa.
It is volume 33 of the series «La Cabane Magique», French edition published in 2009, with illustrations by Philippe Masson; its original title is «Monday with a Mad Genius».
For child readers aged 6 to 9 who enjoy magical adventures and time travel to historical eras.
Mary Pope Osborne is an American author of children's books and audiobook narrator. She is best known as the author of the Magic Tree House series, which as of 2017 sold more than 134 million copies worldwide. Both the series and Osborne have won awards, including for Osborne's charitable efforts at promoting children's literacy. She had 3 other siblings, and moved around in her childhood before attending the University of North Carolina. Following college, Osborne traveled before moving to New York City. She somewhat spontaneously began to write, and her first book was published in 1982. She went on to write a variety of other children's and young adult books before starting the Magic Tree House series in 1992. Osborne's sister Natalie Pope Boyce has written several compendium books to the Magic Tree House series, sometimes with Osborne's husband Will.
