Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780061896408)

See him? That little tramp twitching a postage stamp of a mustache, politely lifting his bowler hat, and leaning on a bamboo cane with the confidence of a gentleman? A slapstick comedian, he blazed forth as the brightest movie star in the Hollywood heavens.

Everyone knew Charlie--Charlie Chaplin.

When he was five years old he was pulled onstage for the first time, and he didn't step off again for almost three-quarters of a century. Escaping the London slums of his tragic childhood, he took Hollywood like a conquistador with a Cockney accent. With his gift for pantomime in films that had not yet acquired vocal cords, he was soon rubbing elbows with royalty and dining on gold plates in his own Beverly Hills mansion. He was the most famous man on earth--and he was regarded as the funniest.

Still is. . . . He comes to life in these pages. It's an astonishing rags-to-riches saga of an irrepressible kid whose childhood was dealt from the bottom of the deck. Abundantly illustrated.

Author: Sid Fleischman
ISBN-10: 0061896403
ISBN-13: 9780061896408
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Language: English
Published: 06/15/2010
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.37lbs
Size: 10.32h x 7.20w x 1.05d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 138142 / Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Review - Children 05/01/2010
Voice of Youth Advocates 06/01/2010 - Recommended - Hard To Beat
Publishers Weekly 05/24/2010 pg. 55
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 07/01/2010
Booklist 06/01/2010 pg. 99
School Library Journal 06/01/2010 pg. 127
Booklist Ed Choice Youth 01/01/2011 pg. 11
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2010 - Recommended, Satisfactory
Publishers Weekly Best Books 11/08/2010 pg. 35
Shelf Awareness 01/01/0001