Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2391337 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Library Binding
• 128 pages

From Booklist
“As a child, Steven Spielberg devised creative ways to torment his sisters, evidence of an imaginative mind destined for moviemaking success.” Elevated at least slightly above merely functional by such touches of humor, this title delivers information about Spielberg’s spectacular career that is easily available elsewhere—but unlike most earlier biographies, this one carries the tale right up to the recent release of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, an event that will stir renewed interest in the filmmaker. Well endowed with color publicity photos of the producer-director on and off the set, and capped by carefully selected lists of print and Web resources, this entry in the People to Know Today series covers Spielberg’s public achievements, slips in a few glimpses of his private life, and provides readers with some insight into his work ethic and unparalleled skill as a storyteller. Pair this drier yet more up-to-date book with Susan Goldman Rubin’s Steven Spielberg, Crazy for Movies (2002). Grades 5-8. --John Peters

Customer Reviews

Stephen Spielberg Director of Blockbuster Films
WOW! What a neat book for Steven Spielberg's young movie fans. My nine year old grandson has just received a copy for his birthday and loved it. His parents only recently allowed him to see Jaws and the first chapter of this bio dealt primarily with the challenges he faced in the making of that movie. The boy has been talking about it ever since. A great summer read.- Judith Robinson