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LITTLE BIOGRAPHIES OF BIG PEOPLE
LITTLE BIOGRAPHIES OF BIG PEOPLE
WALT DISNEY
STOLTMAN
JOAN STOLTMAN
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ISBN: 9781538212455
Levels: GR: H; DRA: 14
LITTLE BIOGRAPHIES
OF BIG PEOPLE
By Joan Stoltman
LITTLE BIOGRAPHIES OF BIG PEOPLE
W A LT
DISNEY
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Names: Stoltman, Joan, author.
Title: Walt Disney / Joan Stoltman.
Description: New York : Gareth Stevens Publishing, 2018. | Series: Little
biographies of big people | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identiers: LCCN 2017025325| ISBN 9781538212431 (pbk.) | ISBN 9781538212448 (6 pack) |
ISBN 9781538212455 (library bound)
Subjects: LCSH: Disney, Walt, 1901-1966--Juvenile literature. |
Animators--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature. | Animated
lms--United States--Juvenile literature.
Classication: LCC NC1766.U52 D5654 2018 | DDC 741.58092 [B] --dc23
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CONTENTS
Way Before Mickey .................
Walt Wont Quit ....................
Finally, Success! ...................
Creating an Empire ................
So Many Accomplishments ..........
Glossary .........................
For More Information ...............
Index ...........................
Boldface words appear in the glossary.
Way Before Mickey
Walter Elias Disney was born in
1901 in Chicago, Illinois. He had
three brothers and a sister. His
family moved a lot because his
dad changed jobs often. At one
point, he lived on a farm. Walt
loved the farm animals and his
small town!
Walt, age 5
Walt loved to draw and paint!
He sold his art to neighbors and
traded it for haircuts. As a young
teenager, he took art classes
at the Kansas City Art Institute .
During high school, Walt took
night classes at the Art Institute
of Chicago.
Walt Wont Quit
Walts rst adult job was drawing
cartoons for commercials . He
learned how to animate and
invented new ways to animate!
Walt quit commercials and
started his own animation
company, Laugh-O-Grams. The
company had setbacks and had
to close. But that didnt stop Walt!
Finally, Success!
In 1923, Walt moved to
Hollywood, California, with $40
in his pocket. He and his brother
Roy started Disney Brothers
Cartoon Studio. They had several
early setbacks. Then, in 1928,
Walt created Mickey Mouse.
Mickey was the rst talking
cartoon character ever!
1111
Throughout the Great Depression ,
Walts cartoons brought millions of
people much-needed happiness.
Next, he decided to make the
rst-ever full-length animated
movie, Snow White and the
Seven Dwarfs . Walt took a big
chance, spending $1.5 million
and 3 years on the movie.
When Snow White came out in
1937, it made $6.7 million and won
many awards . Walt had turned
animation into a new art form.
Walt and Roy soon had over
1,000 people working for them
so they could make more
full-length movies!
Creating an Empire
Next, Walt had his studio make
live-action color movies and
TV. His love of animals led him
to direct one of the rst animal
documentaries . His workers were
like a talented band, and he was
the bands fearless conductor .
Knowing he needed more
animators, Walt began a school
right at the studio! His next project
was Disneyland, which he opened
in 1955 in Anaheim, California.
Presidents and kings visited. Half
the people in the country watched
its opening day on TV!
People often ask me if I know
the secret of success and if I
could tell others how to make
their dreams come true. My
answer is, you do it by working.
- Walt Disney
So Many Accomplishments
During 43 years in Hollywood, Walt
produced 68 movies and many TV
shows. He still holds the record
for the most Oscars . Walt Disney
founded one of the most famous,
successful companies ever by
working hard and not giving up!
Europe
Africa
North America Asia
Stamps from Around the World
Honoring Disneys Work
GLOSSARY
animate: to make something, such as a drawing, appear
to move by creating a series of drawings and showing
them quickly one after another
award: a prize given for doing something
commercial: a break during a TV or radio show that tries
to sell something
conductor: a person who stands in front of and directs
people as they perform music
documentary: a movie or TV show that tells the facts
about real people, events, or things
Great Depression: a period in history when many people
were out of work, hungry, or homeless
institute: a company created for a purpose, like learning
or helping people
Oscar: a yearly award for the best actors and
moviemakers in American lm
setback: a problem that makes progress harder and
success less likely
FOR MORE INFORMATION
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