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Only 4 more prompts/days until our contest ends and Parteee!!

7/24/2012

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Our last prompt will be going up Sunday October 7th and the winner will be announced at our Picture Book Academy Partee on Monday August 8th 11AM at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5410319933170310912 You need to sign up in advance but it will be loads of fun with prizes and gifts, helpful information, and the opportunity to ask me, AKA the Picture Book Whisperer, any question you like related to picture books, practical or not!

And now for the prompt.... Prompt #10 – You are hired to write an innovative biography of Steve Jobs, what approach do you take? It will be interesting to see what if any responses this gets.

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Marcy Pusey link
10/3/2012 05:01:20 am

Interesting!

I think I'd want to research who he was as a child. What were the things his mother prayed for? Or hoped and dreamed? What were the values of his parents and how did they instill those?

What was he like at school? Did he play with other kids? Or was he already off busy creating? How was he parented well? Or what things were so ingrained that parental "control" were useless? I would want to know Steve the 5 year old. And Steve the 10 year old. Etc.

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Kathy Ellen Davis link
10/3/2012 12:47:30 pm

I would love to see what he was like as a child, too.
Also, I could have the book in the shape of an apple.
Maybe it could come apart.
A core for this core beliefs,
a worm for the bad times,
and the rest of the apple for the good times.

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Rena Traxel
10/3/2012 01:17:37 pm

Kathy, I love the idea of creating a book in the shape of apple and the different sections.

I think would be fun to write about Steve from several differnt points of view. What did his biological parents think of him. What did his own family think of him. What did his teachers think of him.

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Michelle Wiley
10/4/2012 04:31:41 am

Steve Jobs: What's In A Name?

Funny how sometimes a person's name tells you something about them.
I once had a teacher names Mrs Loving and my mom's doctor's name was Goodman.
I want to talk about a very special person. His name is Mr. Jobs, Steve Jobs.
This biography would speak from the concept of one man who, in the process of expressing his WHY, created many many jobs for people around the planet. From techies, to teachers to business people, to artists to entertainers to scientists, this one man's idea launched millions of jobs.

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