I Am #11: Walt Disney

Author and Illustrator: Grace Norwich

Genre: Biography

Grade Level: 2-5

This book is a biography about Walt Disney. It mentions how his father is not a kind man and that he lost an early creation titled Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. It talks about how he had a wild imagination as a child. He used those qualities as he grew older to become a cartoonist. Eventually he became a film maker and one of his characters Mikey Mouse become so famous and movie theaters sold out. He even won an academy award. He eventually created an amusement park called Disneyland and became very successful and well loved. Even to this day his work is still successful and widely appreciated and adored. 

I would use this in the classroom if students were interested in doing research on a famous person in history. We could do a wax museum project and this could be used for their research if they were to choose him as their wax museum subject. 

The cover art is a nice cartoonish drawing of Walt and disneyland. Throughout the story there are photographs used as well as realistic illustrations. There was also a timeline and lots of fun facts on the pictures and drawings.