…there was the “jovial, good natured Walt…” and then there was the one pictured above.
I’ve never been fully convinced that Bill Peet An Autobiography is a “picture book for children,” even though it was a runner-up for the Caldecott Medal, awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children to “the most distinguished picture book for children.”
Perhaps it’s because the book features a parade of “chain smoking neurotics,” Walt Disney among them.
Regardless, the book is spellbinding, still in print after nearly 20 years, and available from Amazon.
