Who Was Chuck Jones? Contributor(s): Gigliotti, Jim (Author), Who Hq (Author), Hinderliter, John (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0515159174 ISBN-13: 9780515159172 Publisher: Penguin Workshop OUR PRICE: $15.19 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: December 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Art - Juvenile Nonfiction | Art - Cartooning - Juvenile Nonfiction | Humor - Comic Strips & Cartoons |
Dewey: B |
Lexile Measure: 1010 |
Series: Who Was...? (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.5" W x 7.7" (0.35 lbs) 112 pages |
Accelerated Reader Info |
Quiz #: 192683 Reading Level: 6.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 1.0 |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: What's Up, Doc? Find out in this lively biography of the most celebrated director in animation history Charles Martin Chuck Jones was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of many classic animated cartoon shorts. They starred Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Pep Le Pew, Porky Pig and a slew of other Warner Brothers characters. When he moved on to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, his work includes a series of Tom and Jerry shorts as well as the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Jones was nominated for eight Academy Awards, won three, and received an honorary Oscar for his work in the animation industry. His career spanned almost seventy years, during which he made over 250 animated films, including What's Opera, Doc?, a classic Bugs Bunny/Elmer Fudd short that is considered to be one of the greatest cartoons of all time. |