The Amazing Discoveries of Ibn Sina

About This Book

This illustrated picture book tells the story of Ibn Sina, a brilliant Persian physician and philosopher from over a thousand years ago who transformed medicine and science during the Islamic Golden Age. Written in Ibn Sina’s own voice, the narrative follows his journey from a curious child who memorized the Quran by age ten to a young doctor who invented new anesthesia techniques and wrote the famous Canon of Medicine. The colored pencil illustrations are warm and detailed, bringing Ibn Sina’s world to life on speckled paper that makes the artwork really stand out. Readers get a window into what education and discovery looked like in medieval Persia while learning about one of history’s most important scientists.