A little off topic, well, maybe not.

[lntsmom]

First, let's make this board appropriate: Does anyone know of a biography of Walt Disney that's written at a 2nd - 4th grade reading level?

My son came home Friday with a note saying they have to do a major presentation on a famous American. Oh, and the person has to be dead.

This is a 2nd grade. They have to do research, have 12 to 15 notecards, create a costume, write a speech, and memorize and deliver the speech to all 4 2nd grades and parents!

Seems a bit daunting for me! Then I decided to tie it in with our trip. I sent the form back saying he'd be Walt Disney.

We'll see where the teacher goes with that one! She but the kibosh on my plans to have him be Shrek when they did their fairy tale unit.

To maximize the likelihood that he'll be approved I put Buck O'Neill down as his second choice. If you ever met Buck you'll know he should be much more famous than he is...and he'll be a fine second choice if she shoots down my Disney idea.

So, there you have it. I need a kiddie biography of Walt.

 

[nunzia]

I work part time at Hastings and I know I've seen these..they are very small..easy to read. I'm sure your local bookstore could have it or order it or you could get one on ebay or Amazon for a good price..

 

[kaoden39]

There are Walt Disney biographies available for kids out there. Good luck on that.

 

[spacemermaid]

I remember doing a similar assignment as a kid Here are some age appropriate books:

http://www.amazon.com/Story-Walt-Disney-Yearling-Biography/dp/0440402409/ref=pd_sim_b_1

http://www.amazon.com/Walt-Disney-Childhood-Famous-Americans/dp/0689813244/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b

 

[fairycat]

I did a similar project in 3rd grade. Since our encylopdieas were sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo old (we had not won the space race yet [no joke! ]) My Mom talked me into being Lily Ponds, bet you don't know who she was (I only do because I did this report on her ) I wish my Mom had lead me towards Walt or maybe Mary Blair! But then I would have had to get new encylopedias, since Disneyland wasn't built yet!!!!!!!!! hahahahh!