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Reich, Susanna

Fab Four Friends: The Boys Who Became the Beatles

40 pp. | Holt/Ottaviano | August, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8050-9458-9 $17.99

(2) K-3 Illustrated by Adam Gustavson. Far from an overnight success, The Beatles were actually a long time in the making. Reich follows each musician before he was a Beatle, then shows how they came together. The story ends with the Fab Four still in England in 1963, before their "invasion" of America. Naturalistic oil illustrations capture band-members' personalities and fans' excitement, complementing the well-orchestrated text. Websites. Bib., glos.

Reviewer: Dean Schneider | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2015