Who Was Albert Einstein?
Grade 3-5-This biography describes Einstein's early struggle to  harness and focus his extraordinary abilities; his relationships  with his family and first wife; and, lending depth to the story,  his most significant scientific discoveries. Brallier does an  adequate job of presenting the facts and injects touches of  humor into his text. He also discusses Einstein's exile from  Germany in the early 1930s and his political views and  activities, including the irony that the man who strove for a  world without war helped to create the atomic bomb. There are  several full-page sidebars, including one on "The Magnetic  Earth" and another on "Hitler and the Nazis," and two time lines  that contrast world events with those of the scientist's life.  Black-and-white cartoon illustrations do little to enhance the  text.Carol Fazioli, formerly at The Brearley School, New York  CityCopyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.