Walt Disney always loved to entertain people. Often it got him into trouble. Once he painted pictures with tar on the side of his family's white house. His family was poor, and the happiest time of his childhood was spent living on a farm in Missouri. His affection for small-town life is reflected in Disneyland Main Streets around the world. With black-and-white illustrations throughout, this biography reveals the man behind the magic.

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A biography of Walt Disney with a focus on his work making dreams come true for himself and for generations of children.

Tells the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who, unable to speak for years, memorized dozens of Disney movies and turned them into a language to express love and loss, kinship and brotherhood.