Steven Jobs & Stephen Wozniak: Creating the Apple Computer (Partners) [Library Binding]

Keith Elliot Greenberg (Author), Jim Spence (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1994 | Age Level: 8 and up | Series: Partners

Encourage your young readers to develop an appreciation for cooperation and teamwork with the innovative Partners Iseries. These double biographies not only present the early life and important influences on each subject, they also highlight the cooperation and compromises that are so important for any successful partnership. By looking closely at the special things each member of each team contributed to reach their goals, young readers will understand what it took to make these partnerships work.

Grades 2-5; 7 1/2 x 9 1/4; 48 pages; Sturdy library binding; Glossary; Further Reading; Index

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 3-4?These series titles focus on teams who have succeeded by combining their individual talents. The writing is simple and contains the necessary facts and dates, but also conveys enough detail about these peoples' lives to make them seem real to young readers. Perhaps more importantly, the texts show how the partners began small?for example, how Bowerman created the Nike "waffle sole" on his waffle iron (the fumes later affected his health). There is a tendency to be somewhat breathless at points, with some fictionalizing, but it doesn't detract from the overall result. The full-color illustrations are serviceable, but not particularly instructive or useful in understanding the subjects. Average fare for the biography shelves.?Christine A. Moesch, Buffalo and Erie County Public Library, NY
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review

Good for inspirational reading for young students; emphasizes "hard work pays off" theme, not enough of these books in our libraries! -- San Diego City Schools

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Library Binding: 47 pages
• Publisher: Blackbirch Pr Inc; 1st edition (September 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156711086X
• ISBN-13: 978-1567110869
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 7.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,939,477 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A lesson in how to be rebellious, a nonconformist and yet channel it in ways that change the world for the better, July 5, 2007

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Charles Ashbacher (Marion, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Steven Jobs & Stephen Wozniak: Creating the Apple Computer (Partners) (Library Binding)

To the young person surveying the computing landscape, it would appear that Microsoft under Bill Gates started and led the revolution in personal computers. Given that Gates is so often touted for his immense wealth, there seems little room for a realistic appraisal of the role that Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak played in the creation of the personal computer.
This book, written at the level of the young person, is designed to set that record straight. In simple terms, the lives of both of them are described, how rebellious they were in their youth, yet how effectively they channeled it into action. That message is a very significant one for young people, in that it demonstrates that rebellion and nonconformity can be a very good thing if it is used in the proper ways. These two men are rightfully considered to be heroes by a large group of people in the computing field and this book explains the reasons for those beliefs.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hmmmmmm, August 6, 1999

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Kenneth Valderrama "redcoltken" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Steven Jobs & Stephen Wozniak: Creating the Apple Computer (Partners) (Library Binding)

Being an advid reader I knew it was just a matter of time before Steve & Steve would be known via the sanitized filter of our collective cultural hubris machine. Still having the founders of Apple held up in this light will produce interesting effects upon Generation's Y (a name I dislike) when they get old enough to read the in depth historys.

This one fact is indisputable, they worked hard!