WHO WAS STEVE JOBS?

Kids will find out about the man behind the iPod, iPhone, and iPad and how he changed the way we live our lives on both sides of the computer screen.

Steve Jobs, adopted in infancy by a family in San Francisco, packed a lot of life into fifty-six short years. Now in this Who Was ? biography, children will learn how his obsession with computers and technology at an early age led him to co-found and run Apple, in addition to turning Pixar into an ground-breaking animation studio. A college dropout, Jobs took unconventional steps in his path to success and inspired the best and the brightest to come with him and "change the world."

· Steve Jobs, co-founder and CEO of Apple Inc., was often in the press and certainly someone kids want to know about. · The book will be available shortly after his birthday on 2/25. · Jobs' company, Apple Inc., changed the look of computer products and made them cool! · Jobs transformed Pixar Film. · This is the 47th book in our Who Was ? series! So far, over 5 million copies of the series have been sold! · Who Was ? titles meet teachers' "100 pages or more" in-classroom requirement for book reports but are still appealing and understandable to kids, with irresistible cover art and black-and-white illustrations on almost every page.

Pamela Pollack and Meg Belviso have co-authored several children's books, including the Summer 2012 Who Was J.K. Rowling? title. Pam Pollack and Meg Belviso live in New York City.

John O'Brien has illustrated several children's books, including many titles in the Who Was...? series