Winston Churchill: Internet Referenced

Usborne Famous Lives

by Katie Daynes

Highlights the life of one of Great Britain's most famous leaders.

Genres: History, Biography

64 pages, Hardcover

First published February 25, 2006

About the author

Katie has been writing non-fiction children's books for almost half her life and loves questioning the world from a child's point of view. She's developed some of Usborne's bestselling series, including the See Inside books and the Lift-the-Flap Questions & Answers series.

Reviews

[Sophie Crane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series of books never fails to make historical non fiction stories accessible to younger readers . . ,super stuff.

[Oxana Gutu · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved to read the book my kid picked last week from the school library. Actually, she read it. And I re-readed with her.

The author did a very good job with explaining in plain language the life of one of the most fascinating personalities of the last century. The pages with the story of Churchil's life from age five to his last days are filled with pictures of his life's events.

Kids and adults alike can learn lessons of resilience from the man who hold jobs which required decisions that impacted millions of lives. Next time I would get bugged by a trivial matter at work, I'll gently remind myself about it.

We also learned that Churchil's hobby was painting. Another take away from the book: balance your professional/school demands with something which makes you happy. Balance your brain hyperactivity with works of hand, as my grandmother would say.

[Maple Class · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about lots of interesting facts about the legend Winston Churchill. I thought this book was interesting because I love learning about war. I loved all of the book and there was no part I didn't like. Did you know Winston fought in Boers war?
By Louis

This was a fact book about Winston. I found out that he was selected as Prime Minister several times. The fact I found most interesting was that he became what he was today by having wars with toy soldiers. He loved it so much he became an army general. It was a shame it didn't really include his family but I still liked it.
By India

[Kat!e Larson · Rating 3 out of 5]

About what I expected from a biography written for children. I never knew Churchill liked to paint.

[Jo Kitchen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another informative children's book I learnt a lot from!!

[Suzanne]

"We are all worms. But I do believe that I am a glow worm." - Churchill
(page 32)

[Marko]

I have two different editions.