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Gr 2–5—Readers are introduced to the world-famous reviver of the lost art of mime in this attractive and accessible picture-book biography. Melding Marceau's childhood and evolution as an artist with world events, Spielman reveals how the young son of a kosher butcher in Strasbourg, France, pursued his dream, despite the Nazi invasion in 1939. After his father took him to see a silent Charlie Chaplin film when he was five, "The boy was fascinated that the actor could make his audience laugh and cry without ever speaking a word. Marce...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Pantomime artist Marcel Marceau's silent, white-faced character Bip is widely known throughout the world. Less known is Marceau's life story, which is just as fascinating. From the time he was a small boy in Strasbourg, France, Marcel Mangel entertained his peers by doing impressions of animals and of his favorite movie actor, Charlie Chaplin. At age sixteen, Marcel and his older brother Alain fled from the Nazis to Limoges, where they changed their last n...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Spielman's understated picture book biography covers fascinating events of Marceau's early life. At sixteen, he and his brother fled ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More