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In their latest time travel adventure, Fred, Joe, and Sam da Brooklyn meet Leonardo da Vinci and try to avoid becoming toilet scrubbers in a sixteenth-century Italian army.Tags
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After reading and loving Sam Samurai (another book in the series) I was kind of disappointed in this one. I believe this book is meant to be the last in the series and is spends a lot of time retelling and recaping previous adventures before it sets into the current one of meeting da Vinci (who created "the book"?) and then helping him outwit an evil Italian Army Captain? The book seems a little out of touch with the Renaissance whereas Sam Samurai felt better connected to Japan.
I’ve read a few of the other Time Warp Trio books both as a dad and a teacher. These are great books that move quickly and keep readers entranced. The history tie-in is always a plus for me, as well. I like how these are often a draw for students to learn more about historical events or, at least, give some connection for history lessons.
This series is consistently fun, but I think this was one of the best. Silly and cute.
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176+ Works 58,913 Members
Jon Scieszka was born September 8, 1954 in Flint , Michigan. After he graduated from Culver Military Academy where he was a Lieutenant, he studied to be a doctor at Albion College. He changed career directions and attended Columbia University where he received a Master of Fine Arts degree in 1980. Before he became a full time writer, Scieszka was show more a lifeguard, painted factories, houses, and apartments and also wrote for magazines. He taught elementary school in New York for ten years as a 1st grade assistant, a 2nd grade homeroom teacher, and a computer, math, science and history teacher in 3rd - 8th grade. He decided to take off a year from teaching in order to work with Lane Smith, an illustrator, to develop ideas for children's books. His book, The Stinky Cheese Man received the 1994 Rhode Island Children's Book Award. Scieszka's Math Curse, illustrated by Lane Smith, was an American Library Association Notable Book in 1996; a Blue Ribbon Book from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books in 1995; and a Publisher's Weekly Best Children's Book in 1995. The Stinky Cheese Man received Georgia's 1997 Children's Choice Award and Wisconsin's The Golden Archer Award. Math Curse received Maine's Student Book Award, The Texas Bluebonnet Award and New Hampshire's The Great Stone Face Book Award in 1997. He was appointed the first National Ambassador for Young People's Literature by the Library of Congress in 2008. In 2014 his title, Frank Einstein and the Antimatter Motor made The New York Times Best Seller List. Frank Einstein and the Electro-Finger made the list in 2015. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Jon Scieszka is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Da Wild, Da Crazy, Da Vinci
- People/Characters
- Joe Arthur; Sam Kikin; Fred McGrew; Leonardo da Vinci
- Important events
- 16th century; Italian Renaissance; Renaissance
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Statistics
- Members
- 479
- Popularity
- 63,135
- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.41)
- Languages
- English, Portuguese, Turkish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook
- ISBNs
- 13
- ASINs
- 1
