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The Mona Lisa Caper
Rick Jacobson
Illustrated by Laura Fernandez
and Rick Jacobson
On the run with
the most famous
painting of all time –
the story of a heist that
stunned the world
ISBN 0-88776-726-5
US $15.95
CAN $22.99
picture book/art/painting/biography
ages 5 to 7
24 pages 8 x 10
full-color throughout
hardcover with jacket
Rights: World ex North America
40/carton
JNF007010 JNF006050
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The Mona Lisa Caper is based on true events that began to unfold
on Monday, August 21, 1911, when Vincenzo Perugia shocked
the world by stealing the most famous of the many treasures in
the Louvre.
Though Vincenzo was a thief, he meant well. He simply
wanted to return the painting to the Italian people in the
mistaken belief that it had been stolen from them. Eventually,
inevitably, Vincenzo was captured in Florence and put on trial.
Italians gave him their hearts for his patriotism. In fact, he
received so much food, wine, clothing, and furniture, that he
had to be moved to a larger cell!
Throughout Rick Jacobson’s lively text, Mona Lisa herself
narrates the story of her trip back to the city of her creation.
The playful art Rick has painted along with his wife, Laura
Fernandez, heightens the fun. Not only is it Keystone-Cops
funny, it is a sound introduction to the painting that continues
to delight, amaze, and mystify hundreds of years after Leonardo
da Vinci’s death.
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RICK JACOBSON and LAURA FERNANDEZ are an award-winning design
team and illustrators in their own right. Their work appears in
corporate and private collections as well as in those of the French
Government and The Royal Geographical Society in London, England.
Together they operate a studio, the Jacobson Fernandez Partnership.
They often work as a team on joint projects, including their thirteen
published books. Rick and Laura live in Toronto with their three
children.
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Tundra Books | Fall 2005