{"product_id":"jerry-changed-the-game","title":"Jerry Changed the Game!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Junior Library Guild Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet Jerry Lawson, the Black engineer who revolutionized the video game industry, in this engaging picture book biography perfect for fans of \u003ci\u003eWhoosh!: Lonnie Johnson’s Super-Soaking Stream of Inventions\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLittle Legends: Exceptional Men in Black History.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBefore Xbox, PlayStation, or Nintendo Switch, there was a tinkerer named Jerry Lawson. As a boy, Jerry loved playing with springs, sprockets, and gadget-y things. When he grew up, Jerry became an engineer—a professional tinkerer—and in the 1970s, he turned his technical know-how to video games.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBack then, if players wanted a new video game, they had to buy an entire new console, making gaming very expensive. Jerry was determined to fix this problem, and despite roadblocks along the way and having to repeat a level or two, it was never game over for his mission. Eventually, he leveled up and built a brand-new kind of video game console: one that allowed players to switch out cartridges! He also founded Video Soft, Inc., the first African American–owned video game company in the country.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJerry’s tinkering and inventions changed the video gaming world forever. Today, gamers have access to hundreds of video games at the push of a button, all thanks to him. Game on!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster\/Paula Wiseman Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46162385273139,"sku":"9781665919081","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/6181\/5859\/files\/image_db1f02ef-9d4c-4b6e-a6b4-0dda676c3388.jpg?v=1692547582","url":"https:\/\/www.bluebirdcrozet.com\/products\/jerry-changed-the-game","provider":"Bluebird \u0026 Company Crozet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}