Steve Jobs

This a short and sweet biography of Steve Jobs. The story covered his life from birth until the success of Apple. I liked that the illustrations used the infamous black shirt from childhood through adulthood.. The only "bad" thing about this book is that Steve and high-school aged Woz looked like girls. I honestly thought steve was in mom in the beginning since it was a picture of steve & his dad. However, I don't thinknits a big enough deal to knock a star off the rating.

Another neat book in this series! An inspirational brief biography about visionary and Apple co-founder, Steve Jobs. I loved learning about his life and interests. I wanted some more details about him as information was a little scant and disjointed. Perfect for children of all ages.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for providing this ARC.

I want to start by saying
I love this series!
However this one has one star drop because I'm not sure how influenciar can be for children the idea that education could be dropped.
I think education is key to later succeed in a career.
Obviously he weighted the education with work experience which also is key so it win again since doing something you love is also what kids should look for.
Thanks for the copy.

Steve Jobs is the newest to be spotlighted in this latest edition of the Little People, BIG DREAMS series by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. This series is such a delight and the perfect way to educate not just kids but everyone about historic and cultural icons.

Jobs was a businessman, technological entrepreneur and, innovator. This book portrays Jobs from getting adopted, to designing an at-home computer with Steve Wozniak and the formation of Apple.

Aura Lewis illustrates this installment and does an amazing job. Aura's art style was so captivating and her art definitely further helped tell Jobs' story. This installment did a great job of educating me about a historical figure who I had never heard of before this book. I love collecting these books and am so thrilled to add this one to the rest of my collection.

I received this book free from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review

This series is always a joy to read, it’s a really nice introduction to well known people for little children. Of course the plot is always a little bit fast but that’s to be expected and it’s totally understandable. This book here's about Steve Jobs, a man everyone's familiar with. Apple products are all around us and we may have one or more in our homes too. He definitely changed the game in his field and this book is a short and nice introduction to how he got to have his big company.

Steve Jobs by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara is another stellar addition to the Little People, BIG DREAMS series. This time around, the spotlight is on Steve Jobs, the visionary behind the personal computer and the Apple brand.

When Steve was a young boy, he found school to be boring and instead invested his time and energy into the emerging technology of computers, and worked with his friend Woz (Steve Wozniak) to see his vision for a home computer come to fruition.

What I love about this wonderful series is that each individual profiled reinforces the validity of childhood dreams, and the endless possibilities contained therein. Another wonderful book to add to any child's home library.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group - Frances Lincoln Children's Books for the opportunity to read this ARC.

The illustrations in this book worked really well with the story, and I thought this was one of the better titles in terms of simplifying someone's life story without making it overly generic.

Oddly, this book – in digital form at least – is available on a number of platforms everyone can switch between, and not only the one system. And it's a lot cheaper as a result. Anyway, it is a good primer to the life of Steve Jobs, in this series' usual 'here's-someone-to-look-up-to' style. Normally there are flaws in these, with the story or the life behind it or the presentation getting in the way and making a problem, but not with this volume. I had cared so little for him I didn't know he was adopted at birth, but the salient facts – a hard-working, hard-designing computer company getting to rule the world with a dash of Indian philosophy on the side – are all here, and presented well. It successfully takes the young reader on the path from computers being the size of basketball bleachers to a ping-pong ball, and only the adult cynic would think this too pro-Apple.

Little People, BIG DREAMS is one of my fave children's non-fiction series. Well, even just children's book series in general!

These books are full of knowledge and lovely pictures. This time around we learn all about Steve Jobs, the famous man behind Apple. His story is unique, and has been told a lot, but is told in a friendly and fun manner in Maria's book. Did you know that Steve was adopted? There's more facts like that packed tight in this colourful, cartoon-y book.

I absolutely adore these books. They make learning fun and make non-fiction way more interesting than I remembered them in my youth. I give my highest recommendations to give these non-fiction picture books to your younglings and introduce them to a world of knowledge early. Also, it's just fun!

Four out of five stars.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this book. Unfortunately, I do not have the capability to read this book in the protected pdf format. Thank you.

Mª Isabel Sánchez Vegara has done it again, now with illustrator Aura Lewis! A new <em>Little People, Big Dreams</em> book has arrived and this time it's about Steve Jobs! I was <em>massively</em> excited to see this one and the timing couldn't have been stranger for me. So, I live in California and have recently just happened to meet someone who went to high school with this very man. As an avid fan of this series and someone who has a heavy respect for <em>Steve Jobs</em>, I just had to read this one.

<b>Learning Opportunities</b>

I'm always thrilled and amazed when I learn things from children's books. It's just such a wonderful thing when both kids and adults have the opportunity to learn together. Despite knowing a number of things about Jobs, I genuinely had no idea that the man was adopted. I will forever appreciate this series for educating even me. And I truly hope that these books reach, educate, and <em>inspire</em> a great many children.

And it comes at a great, time, too. After Apple's heyday and in a moment where nearly everyone has owns something from Apple. It can be easy, I think, for the younger generations to live unaware of the man who started it all. Were he still alive, I imagine he'd be as common a name now as Bill Gates was when I was young.

<b>Looking In</b>

Now, I'll admit that the artwork for this book isn't my favorite. Sánchez Vegara seems to have a number of illustrators contributing to this series as I recall them being different nearly every time. And while they all generally are able to keep a similar format, something about this one was a bit off for me. Steve looks a bit goofy, especially with the way his hair was drawn. And I get that he was a nerdy guy, but I just didn't love it.

There are also a lot of muted tones here that might make it difficult to keep some younger readers engaged.

Overall, I would say that I loved the book, of course. And I will continue to be excited any time I see a new <em>Little People, Big Dreams</em> book come out.

<em>I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.</em>

This review will be live on the Reader Fox blog on September 20, 2020.

The best book series ever for children.The snippets of Steve jobs life added in this book are very interesting.I would have preferred a bit more though .

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.

This is the second book that I have read in this collection, but unfortunately I didn’t enjoy it as much as the first one that I read (Captain Tom Moore).

I thought the book itself was quite short and could definitely have gone more into his life after his career had started.

As always, the illustrations were lovely, and I’m sure children will love this book.

Always enjoyed this series!

This one about the whiz kid who starts Apple. From this tiny book, I learned so much about Steve Jobs. How computers fascinate him, and his adventure creating the smart computer.

I received an electronic ARC from Quarto Publishing Group – Frances Lincoln Children's Books through NetGalley.
This series continues to provide strong biographies for mid-elementary level readers. The book begins in Jobs' childhood and takes readers through the development, launch and successful growth of Apple Computers. His death is included in the timeline at the end. The text is simple to follow and the illustrations offer further insight into Jobs' life. The rainbow and other pops of color let readers see how he looked at the world.

Another wonderful addition to this series. As always the art and information were perfectly handled for the intended age group.

We love the Little People, Big Dreams series! they are such approachable colorful books for kids and they learn about people who have made important contributions to society. Today, the kiddo got to learn about the guy who made his precious iPad possible.

The Steve Jobs installment in the series tells of how Steve was adopted and how even as a kid he liked figuring out how stuff worked but also had a more artistic design-oriented side. The book focused more on the time before he founded Apple, but in general the focus of these books is about how the person grew up and followed their dreams. I recommend this picture book for anyone with kids interested in computers or technology.

Once again I have learned something new from the Little People, BIG DREAMS series. This time I learned that Steve Jobs was adopted. I also learned that Steve lived a pretty interesting life as a bit of a free spirit. Overall a fun book, loved the illustrations.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

This is another fantastic installment in the Little People Big Dreams series by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara, this time focusing on Steve Jobs. This book is a short and sweet biography for children told in easy to understand format with bright, enjoyable pictures and tells how Steve Jobs became interested in computers and how he made the first Apple computer.

I love this series, its really inspiring for children and has so many different installments that there's bout to be at least one book in the series a child will connect with.

The ARC of this book was provided by the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The ‘My First Little People, Big Dreams’ series provides informative and inspirational biographies about people who left a mark on this earth, no matter what difficulties they have encountered.
These stories are very short, but that’s because they’re books for children, so it’s totally understandable.
I think they are a very smart and wonderful way to introduce little children to such important figures.
This little one here is about Steve Jobs, a man that has changed the thecnological word with his intuition and heard. Everyone is familiar with the brand Apple, so it's nice to introduce children to the figure behind the brand.

Steve Jobs // by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara // illustrated by Aura Lewis

In a new installment of Little People, Big Dreams, we get to learn about the life of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple. I was surprised at how much was packed in this little book that I did not know about him yet. I loved reading about his supportive adoptive parents, his non-traditional course through life, bypassing higher education and showing how important hands-on learning is as well and how it can lead to great success in life. The illustrations by Lewis are very colorful and accompany the text well.

Steve Jobs is a short biography by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara. This addition of Little People, Big Dreams contains vibrant illustrations. Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for my digital copy.

This was another excellent title in the "Little People, Big Dreams" series.
The story takes us from baby Steve's adoption by the Jobs family in San Franscisco, through his childhood interests and school years, his dawning fascination with computers, his decision not to continue with college study, his experiences of meditation in India, partnership with friend "Woz" (Steve Wozniak), and the development of the Apple brand.
The central messages of the book are having the courage to pursue your own interests, trust your intuition, focus on today and the importance of simplicity. It is an inspiring story of a man who combined technological know-how with intuition and practicality to make computers accessible to "ordinary" people.
The book is charmingly and colourfully illustrated by Aura Lewis and contains an appendix timeline setting out more detail on Jobs' life and legacy.

I love the Little People, Big Dreams series, and this is no exception. This biography of Steve Jobs for the littlest people in your lives includes all the salient facts of Jobs’ life. I am always awed by this series’ presentation of a person’s life in a nutshell without making it appear generic.

Thank you to NetGalley and Quarto Publishing Group for providing me a free copy of this book in exchange of an honest review.

This book tells the story of Steve Jobs, beginning with his family background and how he first became inspired by early computers. Steve Jobs shows young readers that they too change change the world around them if they believe in themselves.