Lucille Ball Had No Eyebrows?: Wait! What?

Written by Dan Gutman and Allison Steinfeld

Narrated by Torian Brackett and Ariana Delawari

From the best-selling author of My Weird School: a new entry in the cheerful and engaging biography series centered on high-interest historic figures.

Did you know that Lucille Ball could pick up radio signals through her teeth? Or that her career was almost destroyed because she was a registered Communist? Bet you didn’t know that, as a studio executive, she green-lit both Star Trek and Mission: Impossible! Siblings Paige and Turner have collected some of the most
unusual and surprising facts about the beloved actress, from her impoverished childhood and her first forays into the film industry to her marriage with Desi Arnaz and her rise to become both the most prominent actress in television and one of its most successful executives.

Narrated by the two spirited siblings and animated by Allison Steinfeld’s upbeat illustrations, Wait! What? Lucille Ball Had No Eyebrows? is an authoritative, accessible, and one-of-a-kind biography infused with Dan Gutman’s signature zany sense of humor.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 9, 2024
• ISBN: 9798891780842

Dan Gutman

Dan Gutman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Genius Files series; the Baseball Card Adventure series, which has sold more than 2 million copies around the world; and the My Weird School series, which has sold more than 37 million copies. Thanks to his many fans who voted in their classrooms, Dan has received nineteen state book awards and ninety-two state book award nominations. He lives in New York City with his wife. You can visit him online at dangutman.com.

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brother, Turner.

Premise/plot: Two kids--siblings--provide a framework (is it supposed to make the book more appealing????) in a nonfiction biography of Lucille Ball. These two kids are "presenting" readers with interesting-fascinating facts about her life and her work. They interject themselves throughout the book--but not heavy-handedly, I guess. They're there, but not obnoxiously there. (That being said, I didn't personally want them there at all.)

So it is in part a basic, straightforward biography. But it also goes out of its way to be quirky and odd. It seeks to share details that are more obscure, more "interesting," more unique. (Hence the "clickbait" title meant to intrigue.)

My thoughts: I liked this one. I did. I do hope that Lucille Ball continues to be appreciated by each generation. I did learn a few new things about her life.