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Meet Walt Disney
Wolt Disney wos o fomous artist.
He wos the creotor of Mickey
Mouse. Wolt drew mony cortoons
ond mode rnovies, He olso creoted
the theme parks Disneylond ond
Wolt Disney World.

This photo shows Walt drawing

a scene from Steamboat Willie.
 MAP KEY
• lIIinois
Wlsconsln
• City where
Walt Disney
was born

lowa
Walt was born on December 5,
1901,in Chicago, llIinois. He had
three brothers and one sister.
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Kentucky
Walt was born
in lllinois.

Arkansas 'ennessee
 Walt the paperbay
at 10years oId.

As a boy, Walt wrote plays with his

friends. They put on shows onstage.
But more. than anything, Walt loved
to draw. He drew funny cartoons
for his friends.

Walt warked hard. toa. He gat up

at 3:30 in the marning ta deliver
newspapers. Then he went ta school
Walt took night classes at an art
school while he was in high school
The United States was at war at the
time. Walt wanted to help. So he
left school to drive an ambulance
in the war.

Walt drove an ambulance like

this one. He added drawings
to the sides of his ambulance.
After the war, Walt went back
to his favorite activity: drawing
cartoons. He and his brother Roy
started their own animation studio.
Walt invented characters like
Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, and
Donald Duck.

Roy and Walt at work at

Disney Brothers Studio
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Walt met his wife, Lillian,at the

Disney Brothers Studio. She worked
there. Walt and Lillianfell in love
and were married in 1925. They
later had two daughters, Diane
and Sharon.

This picture of Walt's family

was taken when Diane was
16 and Sharon was 13.
 A scene from Steamboat Willie

Mickey Mouse
and Friends
In 1928, Walt made a short movie
called Steamboat Willie. The star
was Mickey Mouse. Steamboat
Willie was the first cartoon to put
sound with pictures. It was a hit~

Walt used his own voice to

make Mickey Mouse talk.
 The movie poster for Snow
White and the Seven Dwarfs

In 1937, Walt made his first full-

length movie. It was called Snow BIS FlRST
FUtLLEHGTR
White and the Seven Dwarfs. PEATURE
PRODUCTlOH!~ ••••••••••• -::
Many people saw the film. Then
Walt made more popular movies:
Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Bambi.

Walt brought real deer into the YOU~

studio for his artists to study when

they drew the pictures for Bambi.
 TYTime
Walt also created television shows.
Every week, families gathered in
front of the TV to watch. Walt's first
program showed Disney moviese

Wolt's first television series wos on

N for o long time. First it wos shown
in block ond white ond then in color.
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 Walt with the original cast
of The Mickey Mouse Club

Another show Walt created was

The Mickey Mouse Club. This
show was on every day and
starred a group of kids known as
"Mouseketeers. "
(

The Mickey Mouse Club was on TV

for many years and starred different
Mouseketeers. Britney Spears. Justin
Timberlake. and Christina Aguilera were
011 Mouseketeers when they were young.
 Mickey Mause
with a yaung fan

A Happ, Place
Walt wanted to build a place where
families could have fun. In 1955,
he opened a theme park called
Disneyland in California. Walt called
it "the happiest place on Earth."

Walt soid Disneyland wauld never

be finished. He was always adding
samething new to the park.
Walt planned another theme park,
in Florida. 1t was called Walt Disney
World. Walt also kept on making
rnovies, Mickey Mouse and his
cartoon friends were famous all
over the world.

Firewarks light up the sky

ayer Cinderella Castle
in Walt Disney Warld.
 Mickey and friends enjoy
a ride at Disneyland.

Walt died on December 15,

1966. But he lives on through the
characters and parks that he
created. His work continues to
make pea pie happy.
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Tlmeline of
Walt Disney's starts his own releases Snow White dies on
ife movie studio and the Seven Dwarfs December 15

19 8
born on releases Steamboat Willie Disneyland opens Walt Disney World
December 5 in California opens in Florida
 animation (AN-i-may-shun):
cartoan drawings shown very
quickly one after another on a
screen so that it appears as if the
drawings are moving
From Mickey Mouse to Disneylond-
Eoch one Wolt thought up, drew, ond plonned;
artist (AR-tist): someone very
ond eoch fontostic, fun creotion
skilled at pointinq. making things,
begon in Wolt'simoginotion.
or performing

studio (STOO-dee-oh): a place

where movies are made or
where artists wark

Practice drawing every day to get good at it. theme parks (THEME PARKS):
Draw pictures of your family and friends. Draw places with rides, games, and
pictures of things you imagine. other activities