In the childhood story of an American original, readers learn how a farm boy in Missouri grew up to be the father of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Pluto, Goofy, and scores of other beloved characters.
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14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
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I hope more people read this exciting book.,
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This review is from: Walt Disney: Young Movie Maker (Childhood of Famous Americans) (Paperback)
This book was enjoyable. Marie Hammontree described how a person can be a big success while being a little poor. It shows the ups and downs of Disney's life. She describes what it took to get to the top of his career. This book tells who he was inspired by and how they helped him. She told me his problems in his life and how they were solved. It gave me the puzzle pieces to his life so I could better understand it. All in all I think it was a really informative book.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
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Best young person's bio on Walt Disney,
This review is from: Walt Disney: Young Movie Maker (Childhood of Famous Americans) (Paperback)
There are several books that put the biography of Walt Disney in a format meant for children, and this is the best of them. The majority of the book tells what Walt's life as a child was like. The publisher has produced a whole series of bio type books for young people, and has a good formula. They try to put the child in touch not only with the life deeds of the man, but his personality, and how he got his start. In understanding a great person from history, it is tremendously useful to know not just what he did, but why he did it. Who and what influenced this person. What was he like as a kid himself? Without these it is hard for a kid to connect to the historical figure, and this book accomplishes it very well. I highly reccommend! For a good adult bio, check the Bob Thomas book, or the Amy Boothe book.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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A witty young one,
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This review is from: Walt Disney: Young Movie Maker (Childhood of Famous Americans) (Paperback)
I really enjoyed reading this book. I thought that Walter was a very intelegent young person. I thought Marie Hammontree did an excelent job at making a usual boring biography into an intresting tale.I wish that there where many more pages in the book so I could read more and more about Walt Disney. I thought that Marie made him sound like a very lively young child. I thought that Walt was a very big risk taker. I would have hoped that the book would have had more information and details though. all in all I thought that this was a great book.
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FOUR-YEAR-OLD Walt Disney sat on the edge of his seat and swung his legs. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jelly factory, news butcher, drawing tablet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kansas City, Aunt Maggie, Mickey Mouse, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Disney, New York, Snow White, Walt Pfeiffer, Walter Disney, Magic Kingdom, Charlie Chaplin, Main Street, Oswald the Rabbit New!
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FOUR-YEAR-OLD Walt Disney sat on the edge of his seat and swung his legs. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jelly factory, news butcher, drawing tablet Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kansas City, Aunt Maggie, Mickey Mouse, Abraham Lincoln, Walt Disney, New York, Snow White, Walt Pfeiffer, Walter Disney, Magic Kingdom, Charlie Chaplin, Main Street, Oswald the Rabbit New!
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- The Three Little Pigs (Fairytale Jigsaw Books) by Top That on page 187
- Robin Hood by Sumita Roy on page 177
- Abraham Lincoln by Edith L. Elias on page 80
- Les Aventures de Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain on page 187
- Moving Day by Terence Young in Front Matter
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- Discovering Florida through Literature by Martha Smith on page 42
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