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D'Agnese, Joseph

Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci

40 pp. | Holt | March, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8050-6305-9 $16.99

(2) 4-6 Illustrated by John O'Brien. D'Agnese presents an engaging, kid-friendly look at Leonardo Fibonacci and his eponymous numerical sequence. In Pisa, Italy, in 1178, a young Leonardo daydreams about "the glory of numbers." But his mathematical musings lead to trouble. O'Brien's illustrations are textured with swirls and spirals--a whimsical homage to the man who discovered, as he believed, "the numbers Mother Nature uses to order the universe."

Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2010