Childhoods of Famous People

by Tomas Tůma

We have all heard of famous people like Albert Einstein, Nikola Tesla, Cleopatra, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and William Shakespeare. But what do we know about their childhoods?

Play a game and guess which celebrity is hidden on each spread. Clues from their childhood will help you to discover them! There are twenty-five celebrities waiting for you to uncover them. Rulers, inventors, scientists, musicians, and many others lead you through their childhoods and show you what life was like back then, what they liked to play with, and what their interests were—but they will keep their names to themselves.

Each character gives hints to help you figure out who they are. Then lift the flap and find out whether you guessed correctly.

• ISBN10: 8000059223
• ISBN13: 9788000059228
• Publish Date: 8 July 2021
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: CZ
• Imprint: Albatros nakladatelstvi as
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 48
• Language: English

Reviews

[annieb123]

Originally posted on my blog: Nonstop Reader.

Childhood of Famous People is a colorful short biography based colorful book about the childhoods of 25 very famous people from throughout history. Released 25th May 2021 by Albatross, it's 48 pages and available in hardcover format.

The book has a neat fold-over layout. Each of the biographies covers 2 pages. The entries are written in first person point of view with highlights from their lives. The right hand page has a half page foldover which gives the answer to the "who am I?" with one of the subject's best known adult portrait when opened up.

The art is full of small details which will provide lots of fun for reading time for kids and the subjects themselves will be easy to find more information on for further learning. They are from many historical periods arranged chronologically, from ancient Egypt to the 20th century. There are 7 female characters included, from Nefertiti to Edith Piaf, and a scant 6 from all of history who are persons of color.

All in all, this would be a good choice for public or school library acquisition or for gift-giving. It's a good introduction to biography for young readers and will give a good starting point for further investigation. All info included in the book is age-appropriate which is salient given the not-always-G-rated lives of the subjects. Although apparently written and produced in the Czech Republic, the writing and grammar are correct and if it's translated, it's mostly seamless.

Four stars.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.