Picture Books Literature Activities for Inventive Kids at ALL Levels!
You can purchase the Kids' Wings 54-page activity units for Violet the Pilot, Two Little Boys from Toolittle Toys, Neo Leo, The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo Da Vinci by Diane Stanley, Now and Ben, and How Ben Franklin Stole Lightning are NOW available for immediate download for only $12.95!
Click Here to Download!

Who was the inventor who thought of airplanes and helicopters?

Who was the engineer who designed our modern bridges?

Who was the left-handed artist who wrote backwards so he did not smear the ink? Was he the same artist who created the plans for the first movie projector and tank?

Who was the scientist who dreamed of robots and drew their first detailed designs?

Inventor, engineer, artist, and scientist, Leonardo DaVinci made much of modern life possible, and he lived more than 500 years ago before it was possible to create them himself!

Neo Leo, The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci introduces youngsters to the genius whose ideas have been used and transformed for five hundred years to create such modern luxuries as contact lenses, helicopters, and single-span bridges.

Gene Barretta's colorful cartoon illustrations show daVinci's original sketches side-by-side with the modern version works that arose from them. Simple enough for young children, yet complex enough to challenge all ages, this book makes an excellent vehicle for teaching children about the enormous contributions to society made possible by innovation, creative thinking, and problem solving.

The Kids Wings activities in the Discover Magic collection is now also available in a 47-page download that includes units for the perfect group of books that inspire children to learn about the value of creative ideas that lead to world-changing inventions:

Neo Leo, The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci, (nonfiction) 17 page unit
Now and Ben (nonfiction) and
How Ben Franklin Stole Lightning (nonfiction) 8 page unit
Violet the Pilot (fiction, inventions)
Two Little Boys from Toolittle Toys, (fiction, inventive kids)

Kids Wings Literary Connections for Inventors

The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth
by Kathleen Krull

Thomas Edison, A Brilliant Inventor by the Editors of Time for Kids
Webbing a Biography--Edison Example

Leonardo DaVinci by Diane Stanley, by Mary Jane Auch, Kids Wings Unit in Character Connections

The Snake Scientist by Sy Montgomery, Kids Wings Unit in Forged in the Fire

The Tarantula Scientist by Sy Montgomery, Kids Wings Unit in Light in the Darkness

I Was a Third Grade Science Project by Mary Jane Auch, in download and in Kids Wings Unit in Tales for Two Centuries (Hysterical Science Fair Novel)

Regular Guy by Sara Weeks with Kids Wings Unit in Forged in the Fire (Funny Genetic Engineering Novel)

Project Mulberry by Linda Sue Park (Science Project Novel)
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Picture Books Literature Activities for Inventive Kids at ALL Levels! You can purchase the Kids' Wings 54-page activity units for Violet the Pilot, Two Little Boys from Toolittle Toys, Neo Leo, The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo Da Vinci by Diane Stanley, Now and Ben, and How Ben Franklin Stole Lightning are NOW available for immediate download for only $12.95! Click Here to Download!

The Kids Wings activity guide in Discover Magic for Neo Leo, The Ageless Ideas of Leonardo da Vinci by by Gene Barretta contains 9 pages of fun and learning, perfect for lesson planning and handouts for projection on your SmartBoard!