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Walt Disney: Creator of Mickey Mouse (People to Know)

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The book was a good book. I used this book as a research guide and it was very clear and full of information.

Walt Disney Creator of Mickey Mouse by Michael D. Cole is about the life of Disney. Walt Disney was a success in animation and as an entertainer. To make his visions a reality, Disney worked hard and was always chasing his dream. Walt was born in Chicago, Illinois. Disney's older siblings were Raymond and Roy. Walt also had a younger sister, Ruth. Walt was too little to remember life in Chicago, so his childhood memories were in Marceline on a farm.

While drawing covers for theater programs, Disney wrote to his mother and told her to send the $500 he made for a small business. They called it "Iwerks-Disney." They made Laugh-O -Grams, and the stories of Jack and the Beanstalk and Cinderella. Later, Disney's character Oswald, the Lucky Rabbit was taken away by Universal Studios So Disney came up with a new one, Mickey Mouse. This was just the beginning of his success.

This book was organized and structured in an informational yet confusing way. The photographs usually didn't have much to do with the chapter, but did have interesting facts. It used descriptive wording and helpful dates. There were also many quotations which were helpful to see the ideas of Disney. The chapters were organized by the aging of Walt, although it did jump around with time. Michael D. Cole has really explained year by year the life and times of Walt Disney.

This has been an exciting book and I am happy to have read it. I would recommend that one who has an interest in animation or Walt Disney should read this book. I would not say that a person who is attempting to make a timeline should read the book because the time period in the book seems to jump from year to year.

I am writing a review on the book Walt Disney by Michael D. Cole. The author grabs the readers' attention in the beginning of this story by explaining how Disneyland was first opened. This books purpose is to teach readers about Walt Disney

and how he became famous.

This book is about Walt Disney and his life. It tells how Disneyland was created and when it was created. Also, it explains Walt's childhood and his living arrangements. He lived with his parents, Flora and Elias Disney on a farm along with his three brothers and one sister. It tells how he first started drawling to be a cartoonist. Walt's brother Roy influenced and helped Walt with his ability. Roy often saved his extra money to buy paper and sketch pencils for Walt to practice on. It tells how Mickey Mouse was created. Walt Disney won many awards for his creations. Sadly, after all his wonderful creations, Walt was diagnosed with lung cancer. He died at a hospital near his studio on December 15,1966.

This book gives many interesting facts about Walt Disney. A few will be listed in the following. He was born on December 5,1901. The Disneyland amusement park was opened on July 17,1955. Walt played polo to keep physically active. He won many Oscars in 1954. Walt raised many animals; in fact he had a pig named Porker. Walt once said, "I guess I really loved that pig...She had an acute sense of fun and mischief...Do you remember the foolish pig in Three Little Pigs? Porker was the model for him." Walt Disney is most famous for his creation Mickey Mouse. This book is probably meant for a fifth grade reading level. I think over all this book is average.

This book made me think that he was a very artistic and creative man. I learned a lot form this book. This also has values on other readers, by teaching how their favorite old cartoons were ever created. The author ended this book by telling how Walt's work will have an impact on everyone's life. This book gave enough information for me, but if you need to know more or if you want to, the book gives other suggestions. Well, thanks for reading my review. I hope you enjoy and decide to read this book.

I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn about Walt Disney. It has a lot of good dates and interesting facts and pictures. The only thing I don't like about this book is that the picture captions don't usually say who is who.

Walt Disney was born in Chicago. His dad's name was Elias and his moms name is Flora. He has three older brothers, Herbert, Raymond, and Roy. Later he moved to Missouri and lived on a farm. Then his sister Ruth was born. The book tells more about the farm life and funny incidents. His older brothers, Herbert and Raymond, left a note saying they moved to Kansas City. Later the rest of the family moved to Kansas City. Elias bought news routs and made the boys run them.

Way later in his life, Disney stared his own company with a friend named Ub Iwerks. Later, Disney worked his employees to hard and Iwerks started his own company without Disney and Disney's brother, Roy, went to work with Walt. I don't want to spoil it, so I won't tell you all of Disney's firsts. He was the first one to do a lot of things with cartoons.

Great book! Did a great book report! 2 thumbs up!