Who Was Walt Disney? [Paperback]

Whitney Stewart (Author), Nancy Harrison (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 16, 2009 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Who Was...?

Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pictures with tar on the side of his family?s white house. His family was poor, and the happiest time of his childhood was spent living on a farm in Missouri. His affection for small-town life is reflected in Disneyland Main Streets around the world. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this biography reveals the man behind the magic.

This book is not authorized, licensed or endorsed by the Walt Disney Company or any affiliate.

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About the Author

Whitney Stewart lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nancy Harrison lives in Allentown, Pennsylvania.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (April 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0448450526
• ISBN-13: 978-0448450520
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,440 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #1 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Biographies > Performing Arts
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More About the Author

Whitney Stewart is an award-winning author of young adult biographies, middle grade novels, and picture books. She has traveled widely in Asia and interviewed such figures as the 14th Dalai Lama, Aung San Suu Kyi, and Sir Edmund Hillary.

Whitney experienced Hurricane Katrina while trapped in a building in downtown New Orleans. She was helicoptered out of the city with her son and elderly mother-in-law. During her semester away from home, Whitney lived on Nantucket, researched the island's history and ghost lore, and wrote three children's books.

Whitney loves to travel, read, meditate, hike, bike, kayak, and do yoga. She is also a Level III Reiki practitioner and is studying Classical Tibetan.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 4th grade biography report, March 1, 2010

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Deb B. (Illinois) - See all my reviews

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My 9 year old son loved this book. This was one of three he read in the series. Walt Disney, Neil Armstrong and Albert Einstein. Each were great reads and he loved the information he got from the books. I enjoyed him reasing it out loud to me the second time he read it. My sons 4th grade class was assigned a biography book to read and report on. There was plenty of information as far as where they were born, how they accomplished what they each did and some sideline info on each of them that was interesting. However, the size of the words to a page and the difficulty would be more appropriate for 3rd grade not 4th.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great read, May 25, 2010

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My 9 year old had to read a biography. He enjoyed reading this. He always shared interesting facts about Disney while reading. He was so interested that he finished reading it very quickly.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My 6 year old loved it!, May 3, 2011

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Our family loves Disney World and this book was perfect for our son. We will definitely get more books from this series!