Author: Don Brown
Summary:
This Bibliography Book of Albert Einstein is very interesting as it talks about some of the things that Albert enjoyed doing when he was a young boy growing up in Germany. Albert Einstein was born in an old city of Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1879. Being the first born, it doesn't sound like his family was happy on the day of his arrival because his grandma was crying, "Much too fat. Much too fat." His mother was afraid that his head was too big, so the doctor had to tell them to wait patiently and all will be well. Although he was cruel to his sister Maja most of the time, he used the time to think about things that he enjoyed like playing and building a house with cards. He loved the compass that his father gave him, as he would always tip it up and down and sideways. They moved to Munich where his parents encourage his independence, and at 4 years old he would wonder the streets alone. He soon started school but he never liked playing sports as some of the boys would taunt and insult him for not participating in the games. He loved school and only enjoyed the subjects that he liked such as math, he didn't care about the other subjects. Once his parents got him a student tutor name Max Talmud. He said that Albert was too smart and later could not follow or keep up. After a while his parents had to move because of business, Albert wasn't able to go because of the laws in Germany saying that he had to serve in the military, and as much as he hated it, he was left behind to finish his school and serve the army. Late on he joins his parents and continues school graduating and then looking for work. He marries and becomes a father, but even with that he continues to be more interested in constellations, space, energy and matter. Einstein worked and earned great awards such as the Noble Prize. He was popular then and he's still very popular and famous today. He died in New Jersey in 1555, they say the doctor who performed the autopsy t determine the cause of death-heart failure-made off with his brain and kept it in a jar for more than forty years.
Biography:
Brown, Don. (2004). Odd Boy Out: Young Albert Einstein. New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin Company
My Impression:
This book was very entertaining been that its illustrations were a bit comical and humorous. I enjoyed how the author expresses his thoughts and creates various text explaining the way he felt about things that made him excited and valiant. He never let anyone stand in his way of what he wanted to do. His focus of how he could make a change enabled him to withdraw from the normal things that young boys wanted to do and concentrate on solving problems that were very difficult. I believe that because his parents allowed him to wonder on the streets at a very young age encouraged him to take charge. He wasn't afraid of trying new things, and because of that his interest took him beyond his imaginations of solving difficult problems. I'm very impressed with Albert Einstein and the life that he lived.
Professional Review:
Booklist
( September 01, 2004; 9780618492985 )
Gr. 3-5. Young readers won't come away from Brown's newest picture-book biography understanding the theory of relativity, but they will be heartened by the parallels between their own experiences and those of an iconic science guy. The author-illustrator of Mack Made Movies 0 (2003) and other books presents the future Nobel Prize winner as a sallow, sunken-eyed little boy who lingers on the sidelines as other boys roughhouse, spends hours building a house of cards "fourteen stories high," and vexes his teachers (one tells him that "he would never get anywhere in life"). Brown's language dips into vagueness when it's time to describe the mature scientist's contributions, and the accompanying artwork is often disappointingly generic, awkwardly incorporating computer-generated elements that overwhelm the delicate ink-and-watercolor style used elsewhere. Still, this joins Frida Wishinsky's What's the Matter with Albert? 0 (2002) as one of the very few picture-book biographies of Einstein available. Try giving it to older elementary students, who will get the most out of the detailed author's note and bibliography featuring many books for adults. --Jennifer Mattson Copyright 2004 Booklist
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Use in Library:
I will have students work individually doing research on Albert Einstein. They will write about what made Einstein famous and compare it with other classmates. Teacher and students can discuss and learn from one another.
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