Sir Charlie: Chaplin, the Funniest Man in the World

by Sid Fleischman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061896403
• ISBN13: 9780061896408
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.2" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7