Keep Your Eye On the Kid, the Early Years of Buster Keaton: Non-Fiction, Biography, Primary

Keep Your Eye On the Kid, the Early Years of Buster Keaton, written and illustrated by Catherine Brighton
Publisher: RB FlashPoint, Roaring Book Press

Pages: 33

Genre: Biography, Picture Book

Rating: Thumbs Up!!

This biography is on a fun stage acting family that includes Buster Keaton and is written through his eyes. He was raised as a backstage child and began acting or doing shows at the age of three. Buster was also known for his dangerous physical moves, like rolling down stairs. Buster was exposed to movies as a youth and went on to become an actor, comedian, producer and stunt creator. Though his father did not approve of movie work at first, by the end of his career his father had worked with him for many years.

The cartoon-like illustrations accurately depict life from another time and motion. This was very cleaver of the creator. I also liked learning about someone I really have never heard of and the detailed serious biography given in the final pages of the book. I rated this book at a "Thumbs Up!!" for these reasons.