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UB81NQTelephone:01895853326  \nUXBRIDGE  \n·COLLECE  \nPlease retum this item to the Leaming Centre oncr before thie last date stamped below:  \n\n|  | -4 JAN ZUU5  \u003Cbr>-1APR 2009  \u003Cbr>12 OCT 2009  \u003Cbr>23 APR 20  \u003Cbr>19 MAY 2014  \u003Cbr>03 JUN 2014   |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n\nWILSON,M.Steven Spielbery  \nITEM018040458  \nSteven Spielberg  \nMike Wilson  \nPublished in association with The Basic Skills Agency  \nHodder &Stoughton  \nA MEMBEKOFTIIEHODDER IIEADEINE GROUP  \nAcknowledgements  \nCover:◎ Corbis  \nPhotos:pp.iv,19,27C Alpha;pp.5,11,16◎The Kobal Colection;p.25CPaul Smith/All Action.  \nOrders:please contact Bookpoint Ltd,130 Milton Park,Abingdon,Oxon OX144SB.Telephone:(44)01235827720,Fax:(44)01235400454.Lines are open from 9.00-6.00,Monday to Saturday,with a 24 hour message answering service.Email address:orders@bookpoint.co.uk  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication DataA catalogue record for this title is available from The British Library  \nISBN 0340848723  \nFirst published 2002Impression number109876543Year200720062005200420032002  \nCopyright ◎2002 Mike Wilson  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in anyform or by any means,electronic or mechanical,including photocopying,recording,or anyinformation storage and retrieval system,without permission in writing from the publisheror under licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited.Further details of suchlicences(for reprographic reproduction)may be obtained from the Copyright LicensingAgency Limited,of 90 Tottenham Court Road,London W1P9HE  \nTypeset by SX Composing DTP,Rayleigh,Essex.  \nPrinted in Great Britain for Hodder &Stoughton Educational,a division of HodderHeadline Plc,338 Euston Road,London NW13BH by Bath Press Ltd.  \nContents  \nPage  \n1  \n1 Steven Spielberg-Man and Boy2 Mom and Dad  \n2  \n3 Fitting In6  \n4 What do You Want to be  \nWhen You Grow Up?8  \n5 Jaws12  \n6 Close Encounters13  \n7 The A11-Action Hero15  \n8 Dinosaurs!18  \n9 Getting Serious21  \n10 The Future26  \nThe famous director,Steven Spielberg.  \n# Steven Spielberg-Man andBoy\n\nDo you know the story of Peter Pan?Have you seen the Disney cartoon?Peter Pan is the story of a little boywho never grows up.He's magicand he stays young for ever.  \nWhen Steven Spielberg was 11,they put on the play in his school.It had a big effect on the boy.  \n‘Since then,'he has said,  \n'I have always felt like Peter Pan.I still feel like Peter Pan.It has been very hard for me to grow up.  \n# Mom and Dad\n\nSteven Spielberg was born in December 1946.  \nHis parents were Jewish.  \nHis dad was Arnold Spielberg.Arnold had a good job,  \nworking with early computers.His mom,Leah,was arty.She played the piano in concerts.  \nWhen Steven was a boy,the family moved a lotwith his dad's work.  \n‘As soon as I got used to a school,or a best friend,'he says,'the FOR SALE sign would go up on the house.'  \nSteven's dad worked long 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