Who Was Chuck Jones? (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780448488578)

"What's Up, Doc?" Find out in this lively biography of the most celebrated director in animation history!

Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of many classic animated cartoon shorts. They starred Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Pepé Le Pew, Porky Pig and a slew of other Warner Brothers characters. When he moved on to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, his work includes a series of Tom and Jerry shorts as well as the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Jones was nominated for eight Academy Awards, won three, and received an honorary Oscar for his work in the animation industry. His career spanned almost seventy years, during which he made over 250 animated films, including What's Opera, Doc?, a classic Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd short that is considered to be one of the greatest cartoons of all time.

Author: Jim Gigliotti, Who Hq
ISBN-10: 0448488574
ISBN-13: 9780448488578
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Language: English
Published: 12/05/2017
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.15lbs
Size: 7.40h x 5.20w x 0.20d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.4
Point Value: 1
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 192683 / Who Was Chuck Jones?


Review Citation(s):
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2018 pg. 234 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw