Who Was Winston Churchill?

Written by Ellen Labrecque
Illustrated by Jerry Hoare

Grade:

2-6

ISBN-13:

978-0448483009

Publisher:

Penguin House (2015)

This is a fine (112-page) introduction to Churchill for older children, written with verve, energy, and intelligence. The "Who Was" series is uneven in its quality: this book is not. It captures Churchill's privileged youth, his struggles in school, his late-life political rise, and the many exploits that prepared Winston Churchill for the mission of his life: defeating Nazism and tyranny.