by Laurence Anholt · Serres · tapa dura · ISBN 9788495040787
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
This children's book tells the story of Zoro, a young apprentice in Leonardo da Vinci's studio. Through its pages, young readers will discover Leonardo's extraordinary creations and accompany Zoro on a secret adventure in the master's workshop, where an amazing invention will lead him to fly. With captivating illustrations, this story introduces children to the world of art and invention in an accessible and entertaining way.
Laurence Anholt is an English author and illustrator of more than 200 books in over 30 languages, covering a wide age range, from picture books to adult fiction. Anholt's picture books are notable for their upbeat and humorous approach to important issues for young children, often based on his own family experience and typified by a quirky, hand drawn pen and watercolour style. In recent years, Anholt has turned to writing for an older age range, including The Hypnotist a novel for a Young Adult readership published by Penguin Random House, about race and civil rights set in the Deep South of America in the early 1960s. The novel was officially endorsed by Amnesty International and in 2017 won the Historical Association's Young Quills Award. In July 2019, Anholt's first title in the Mindful Detective series featuring Buddhist cop, Vincent Caine, Art of Death was published by Constable / Little, Brown. Laurence Anholt lives in Devon, Southwest England.
