This is a beautifully illustrated, inspirational account of the life of Marcel Marceau, the world’s most famous mime, from his early life in France, his work with the French Resistance against the Nazis, and his successful stage life. Source Notes, Further Reading.

It is a good book for intermediate students. The book generally talked about the life of a famous mime, Monsieur Marceau. He is a Jewish who go through the period of the WWII. He made the contribution to help Jewish people and the American soldiers. Later he becomes famous because of his brilliant talent on mime. The language was used in this book vividly depict how marvelous his mime it is. The illustrations are also meaningful. The story was written based on the real life of Monsieur Marceau, so the book belongs to biography category. It can be used in history class, social study class, ad literature class. ( )

Monsier Marceau: Actor Without Words by Leda Shubert and illustrated by Gerard DuBois, won the 2013 Orbis Pictus Award. In addition to the Orbis Pictus Award, it is a Kirkus Reviews Best Children’s Book of 2012 and the Winner of the Norman A. Sugarman Award for outstanding children’s biography. It is a biography picture book that is 40 pages and is recommended for children ages 4-8 years old. Shubert tells the complex story of Marcel Marceau in an eloquently simple and age appropriate way, while DuBois’ paintings bring the text alive. Marcel Marceau was 16 when WWII broke out and changed his last name to hide his Jewish identity. The book explains some of the events happening in France during WWII and how Marceau joined the French underground and saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish French children. Marceau is known as the world's most famous mine, expressing volumes to his audiences without saying a word. This book offers an inside look at the man who captivated audiences and insight into the internal motivation for his choice of silence on stage and form of artistic expression.

The life of a famous mime and how to use wordless expression to tell a story. Very inspirational and may work well in thinking and showing what it would be like to have an impairment in your senses. ( )

Monsieur Marceau grew up on the border between France and Germany and dreamed of becoming a star like Charlie Chaplin. Then WWII started and he was forced to flee as child and his father died in a concentration camp. He spent his time helping children escape to Switzerland and contributing to the French underground movement. After the war was over, he studied mime. He became very famous and traveled all over the world. The conclusion simply stated that he was well-loved around the world and loved his audiences in return. I think this style leaves the conclusion to be drawn by the reader, which I appreciate. ( )