Smile: How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry)

by Gary Golio

Book Overview

An award-winning author and a Caldecott Medalist take a creative look at the early life of comedic genius Charlie Chaplin.

Once there was a little slip of a boy who roamed the streets of London, hungry for life (and maybe a bit of bread). His dad long gone and his actress mother ailing, five-year-old Charlie found himself onstage one day taking his mum's place, singing and drawing laughs amid a shower of coins. There were times...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0763697613
• ISBN13: 9780763697617
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7