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Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci
Contributor(s): D'Agnese, Joseph (Author), O'Brien, John (Illustrator)

ISBN: 0805063056 ISBN-13: 9780805063059
Publisher: Henry Holt & Company

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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 2010

Additional Information

BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Science & Technology
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Mathematics - General
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature - Discoveries

Dewey: B

LCCN: 2009005264

Age Level: 8-11

Grade Level: 3-6

Lexile Measure: 570 AD (Adult Directed Text)

Physical Information: 0.35" H x 8.88" W x 11.26" L (0.97 lbs) 40 pages

Features: Dust Cover, Ikids, Illustrated, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian

Review Citations: Booklist 01/01/2010 pg. 73
Kirkus Review - Children 02/15/2010
Publishers Weekly 02/22/2010 pg. 64
School Library Journal 03/01/2010 pg. 138
Horn Book Magazine 05/01/2010 pg. 105
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2010
New York Times Book Review 08/15/2010 pg. 13
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Info

Quiz #: 136583
Reading Level: 3.7 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5

Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.

Publisher Description:

As a young boy in medieval Italy, Leonardo Fibonacci thought about numbers day and night. He was such a daydreamer that people called him a blockhead.

When Leonardo grew up and traveled the world, he was inspired by the numbers used in different countries. Then he realized that many things in nature, from the number of petals on a flower to the spiral of a nautilus shell, seem to follow a certain pattern. The boy who was once teased for being a blockhead had discovered what came to be known as the Fibonacci Sequence

Blockhead is a 2011 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Contributor Bio(s): D'Agnese, Joseph: - Joseph D'Agnese is a writer and journalist who lives in the mountains of Western North Carolina. Though he writes about the Middle Ages, he considers himself a Renaissance man. He is the author of Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci.O'Brien, John: -

JOHN O'BRIEN is lieutenant lifeguard on the Jersey shore and has been dedicated to beaches and beach safety for the past thirty-five years. The illustrator of many popular children's books-including This Is Baseball, This Is Figure Skating, and This Is Soccer-he divides his time between the Jersey shore and Miami, Florida.

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