Who Was Albert Einstein? (Who Was?)

I was really excited to read this one to my two little girls due to much we have enjoyed many of the others in this series but no one enjoyed this one. It just was not written with kids in mind like the others were. It was very dry and used a lot of very abstract and obtuse quotes at the beginning of every chapter that really screamed the author did not know how to write for kids. The way sentences were written, the flow of the book, and the content was not done well to captivate the minds of young readers...or even myself for that matter and I love reading this kind of stuff.

Ok, I'm going to start off by saying that my son absolutely HATES to read. He's always struggled with reading. This is the first book he read on his own without me pushing him to read. He's in middle school so this is a little under his grade level, but it was perfect for him. He had to read a biography for school, so I got him "Who was Frank Lloyd Wright?" ( my son loves building, and thought he might find it a little interesting) Surprisingly, he enjoyed it, and completed his book report before the deadline. So I bought him this book to read for fun because he also loves science. He had it finished in under 2 weeks! So I will definitely be buying more books (or checking them out from the library) in the near future. FINALLY! A book series my son WANTS to read!!! And they're educational too!

Hi. I am in second grade my mom got a book about Albert Einstein. Today I will share with you facts about Albert Einstein. I like the book because it is funny. The part I like is that he will sleep until he is waken. He will not sleep until someone tells him to sleep. He will not stop eating until someone tells him to stop, He will not eat until someone tells him to eat. I think it is funny because I have never seen people do things like he does. I would not want to be like the things I listed because it would be weird. It would be weird because only one person has been like him which is AlbertEinstein. I would not want to be like that because it would be embarrassing. You should read the book because the book has a lot of facts about Albert Einstein.

My eight year old third grader needed a book for a book report project. There are mixed reviews on this book, so I was hesitant, but there aren't many options that are appropriate for a third grader on Albert Einstein. This book served it's purpose and my daughter enjoyed reading it as well (bonus!) She's an avid reader, so it was really easy for her, but I would say it's a good book for any elementary school aged child.

This is an EXCELLENT book. I shall personally try to live by my subject headline of A = X+Y+Zwhere if A = success ; X = Work, Y = Play, and Z = Keep your mouth shut !!! Only Einstein could have put this wisdom in the form of an equation.Of course, I think the book is well written and shows the reader that Einstein's life was sometimes scary for him, joyous and very often incredibly sad.Overall I enjoyed it very much as it gave me an insight into a very great man in a concise manner.Thank you Jess Brallier.

My 1st grader needed an Einstein biography for his wax museum project and this said it was for little kids—it’s a long chapter book that was more for 4th graders. I had to read it and take notes for him. The reading wasn’t so much too hard for him, so much as the length of the book.

We love the “Who Was” series. They are fabulous at making non-fiction, biographical text accessible to younger readers. They make reading about the life of a real person interesting and informative. There are great pages infused throughout the books giving you insight into tangential topics that support the reader’s understanding of the text as a whole.Albert Einstein was another in a long line of enjoyable biographical texts!

Well written and fascinating account of Albert Einstein! Should be required reading in K-8 Reading Curriculum. I continue to buy copies for both my peers and colleagues to share with them the history and life story of this "Genius!"

Exciting style of story telling .. little one loved it

Great set of books

Really well written, it has captivated both my 5 and 9 year old boys. Even we, as adults reading it to them, enjoyed learning interesting things about Einstein.

Great book which gives my son, a confident. He’s autistic after he read this book, he thought its not only him who struggled socializing.

A great book for children to read all about a game changer in modern Physics. Both of my children (8 & 9) found this book interesting and full of useful facts about Einstein's life and work.