Full name: Keep Your Eye on the Kid: The Early Years of Buster Keaton

Author: Catherine Brighton Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Picture books, Biographies, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781596431584 159643158X

FAMOUS AT FOUR! Four-year-old Buster Keaton became one of the best-known comedians of his age and inches when his father threw him across a vaudeville stage, shouting "Keep your eye on the kid!" The crowd roared as he easily landed on his feet and instantly became a star.  As Buster grew, he set his sights on the budding world of Hollywood and went on to become one of America's most beloved silent-film stars. Airy detailed illustrations evoke small-town USA in the early 20th century. Told in Buster's voice, this captivating biography introduces young readers to a boy who became an American icon and changed the face of comedy and the film world forever. Similar books: Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai The Right Word by Jen Bryant The Boy Who Loved Math by Deborah Heiligman Wangari's Trees of Peace by Jeanette Winter One Plastic Bag by Miranda Paul Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed Nothing Stopped Sophie by Cheryl Bardoe Biblioburro by Jeanette Winter Seeds of Change by Jen Cullerton Johnson Brave Ballerina by Michelle Meadows Betty Doll by Patricia Polacco Grandma Gatewood Hikes the Appalachian Trail by Jennifer Thermes Fartiste by Kathleen Krull The Girl Who Buried Her Dreams in a Can by Tererai Trent Nadia by Karlin Gray She Made a Monster by Lynn Fulton Monsieur Marceau by Leda Schubert Farmer Will Allen and the Growing Table by Jacqueline Briggs Martin Marvelous Cornelius by Phil Bildner Grandad Mandela by Zindzi Mandela