Who Was Walt Disney?
by Whitney Stewart and Nancy Harrison • Part of the Who Was? What Was? Where Is? Series
Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once... read more
- Grade
- 4-8
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2009
Word Count 7,518
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 720L
- ATOS Reading Level: 4.9
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 129748
- Curricular Area
- Art
- English Language Arts
- History
- Subject Headings
- Animators
- Disney, Walt, 1901-1966--Juvenile literature
- Animators--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Performing Arts
- United States
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Performing Arts | General
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Biography
- Disney, Walt
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