Smile: How Young Charlie Chaplin Taught the World to Laugh (and Cry)By: Gary Golio Illustrator: Ed Young An award winning author and a Caldecott Medalist take a creative look at the early life of comedic genius Charlie Chaplin. Once there was a little slip of a boy who roamed the streets of London, hungry for life (and maybe a bit of bread). His dad long gone and his actress mother ailing, five year old Charlie found himself onstage one day taking his mums place, singing and drawing laughs amid a shower of coins.