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Leonardo’s Dragon

Inspired by the true story of Leonardo da Vinci … and his pet dragon, a lavishly illustrated story book for readers aged 6-10. A great one to read aloud to younger readers. Includes a mythical taniwha tale.

Caterina is a serving girl at the Belvedere palace in Rome, where rumours abound about Leonardo’s dragon.

The palace is visited by exotic travellers, and Caterina collects dragon stories from the farthest flung regions of the earth.

But will she find out the truth about Leonardo’s monster?

Aotearoa’s incredible storyteller and artist Donovan Bixley takes us on a fascinating story for anyone interested in dragons and history, revisiting such famous stories as “St George and the Dragon”.

$29.99 incl. GST

3 in stock

Description

Find out the back story to Leonardo’s Dragon and what inspired Donovan, who says this book took him back to where his passion began. “As a young boy I was obsessed with drawing dragons and their real-world counterparts, dinosaurs. At the age of seven, my mother introduced me to Tolkien’s magical Middle Earth. Tolkien’s dragons, monsters, and the Nazgûl’s awesome fell beasts ignited my imagination and probably helped set me on my future career path as a picture book creator.”

Leonardo's Dragon by Donovan Bixley

About the Kiwi authorDonovan Bixley

Find out more about multi-award winning, Taupo-based Kiwi author and illustrator Donovan Bixley on his profile page.

Additional information

Weight150 g
Dimensions29 × 25 × .5 cm
First published

2025

Format

Paperback edition

ISBN

9781776940714

Page count

80

Published by

Upstart Press

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