Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak: Geek Heroes Who Put the Personal in Computers (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors & Scientists) [Library Binding]

Mike Venezia (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2010 | Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors & Scientists

These books are without a doubt the definitive and most entertaining biographies of scientists for young readers. Author and artist Mike Venezia provides hilarious, cartoon-style illustrations to complement his easy-to-read text and full-color reproductions of the scientists' sketches and notebooks.

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It’s not often you find a good nonfiction writer also blessed with the gift of cartooning, but Venezia pulls off that double duty in the Getting to Know the World’s Greatest Inventors & Scientists series. Taking on pioneers of all stripes, Venezia combines a chatty text (characters get “freaked out” or are “super-successful”) with a prudent mixture of period photographs and rascally cartoons. Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak portrays the computer vanguards as hippie-haired geeks who dazzled science fair judges before spawning such icons as the Apple II and the iPod. Though the back matter is thin, this is a fun package that will keep things fresh, even for reluctant readers. Grades 2-4. --Daniel Kraus

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Library Binding: 32 pages
• Publisher: Children's Press (March 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0531237303
• ISBN-13: 978-0531237304
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 8.1 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #374,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Mike Venezia is the author of several nonfiction books for children from the Getting to Know the World's Greatest Artists series. Books

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good kids book for ages 4-6, October 12, 2011

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This review is from: Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak: Geek Heroes Who Put the Personal in Computers (Getting to Know the World's Greatest Inventors & Scientists) (Paperback)

The book has funny illustrations and wording. Big print and easy to understand for kids. This is part of a series on historic people and I bought like three or four of these. They're short, maybe 15 pages, quick reads. Take a look.