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sereia8's review against another edition
5.0
What a sweet depiction of Mark Twain, seen from the eyes of his thirteen-year-old daughter, who wasn't afraid to tell it like she saw it. I loved that her misspellings were not changed.
jaij7's review against another edition
5.0
A remarkable book. I loved Susy’s journals within the book. The journals helped to create an authenticity to the story. I enjoyed learning more about Mark Twain. This book piqued my curiosity, which is always a good thing. My 10 year old enjoyed this one as well.
shaundell's review against another edition
3.0
A cute picture biography describing the life of Mark Twain, the famous author, as seen through the eyes of his daughter, Suzy. Cute illustrations.
kristenremenar's review against another edition
4.0
I love Kerley/Fotheringham biographies. This is good to give more insight into who Twain was, but to be used in addition to other sources for those kids who need to do the typical report. Really cool for kid writers to see how they can take a person close to their hearts and write a biography.
bgprincipessa's review against another edition
4.0
Interactive flaps that open with real excerpts from Susy's journal/biography of her father. Great tips at the end for writing your own biography and the important things that Susy included in hers.
beths0103's review against another edition
4.0
Oh how I love Mark Twain. I love his wit and humor, and now I love seeing him through the eyes of his daughter Susy. You know that dinner party (or beauty pageant) question you get, "If you could go back and meet one famous person from history, who would it be and why?" My answer would be Mark Twain.
mrsbond's review against another edition
3.0
This is a lovely book. However, I'm not sure who the intended audience is. My picture book loving early elementary students do not know who Twain is, nor do they know how to read cursive. The older students.... I'm just not sure they will love it as much as someone who has read and appreciated Twain's work. It does have potential for discovering how great biographies are written.
mjfmjfmjf's review against another edition
4.0
Another children's picture book biography. This one at least I know. Well kind of. Because actually it's the story of the biography of Mark Twain that his daughter started writing when she was 13. It's kind of cute and funny and done pretty well. And it's also Mark Twain. With good enough art. And apparently the whole journal is published so ...
paperfemme's review against another edition
4.0
I love the embedded journal excerpts as mini-books with the original errors and all. A fun read with lovely illustrations. It made me want to go to his house in Hartford. Immediately.
pwbalto's review against another edition
5.0
I had a review for this book half written, and then I looked through it again. I caught the variety of voices - Twain's, his daughter Susy's, and the author's. I surveyed the back matter - author's notes on Twain and on Susy, and a one-page outline of "How To Write a Biography." And I don't know, man. I'm not sure this is so much a library book as it is a textbook, and I mean that in a good way. It's readable, entertaining, true, and totally instructive. Possibly it should be required in every elementary school classroom.
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