(4) K-3 Pebble Books: Business Leaders series. Designed to introduce new readers to business leaders' contributions and to meet Common Core requirements, these slight books meet minimum standards with simple sentences, limited vocabulary, many photos, a running timeline, and a clear trajectory. But they falter somewhat when photos don't align with text and content is more complicated than writing restrictions can encompass. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Pebble Books: Business Leaders titles: Bill Gates and Milton Hershey.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) K-3 Pebble Books: Business Leaders series. Designed to introduce new readers to business leaders' contributions and to meet Common Core requirements, these slight books meet minimum standards with simple sentences, limited vocabulary, many photos, a running timeline, and a clear trajectory. But they falter somewhat when photos don't align with text and content is more complicated than writing restrictions can encompass. Reading list. Glos., ind. Review covers these Pebble Books: Business Leaders titles: Bill Gates and Milton Hershey.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) YA Business Leaders series. Corrigan's focus in this balanced biography is, of course, Jobs's founding of Apple Computer and his revolutionary contributions to information technology. The dense narrative also documents how Jobs's invasive micromanaging led to spectacular successes and equally spectacular failures. The dull page design is off-putting, but stock photos and publicity shots help break up the text. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Gail Hedges

(4) YA Business Leaders series. These biographies focus on the technologies that their youthful subjects developed--Facebook, Google, Amazon.com, and Twitter--and the way each company has changed from small startup to international phenomenon. The subjects' lives and inventions are explained in clear language with embedded definitions when necessary; some details are more important than others. Numerous photos (mostly relevant, some not) support the texts. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Business Leaders titles: Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, Google Founders, Jeff Bezos, and Twitter.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) YA Business Leaders series. These biographies focus on the technologies that their youthful subjects developed--Facebook, Google, Amazon.com, and Twitter--and the way each company has changed from small startup to international phenomenon. The subjects' lives and inventions are explained in clear language with embedded definitions when necessary; some details are more important than others. Numerous photos (mostly relevant, some not) support the texts. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Business Leaders titles: Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, Google Founders, Jeff Bezos, and Twitter.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) YA Business Leaders series. These biographies focus on the technologies that their youthful subjects developed--Facebook, Google, Amazon.com, and Twitter--and the way each company has changed from small startup to international phenomenon. The subjects' lives and inventions are explained in clear language with embedded definitions when necessary; some details are more important than others. Numerous photos (mostly relevant, some not) support the texts. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Business Leaders titles: Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, Google Founders, Jeff Bezos, and Twitter.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) YA Business Leaders series. These biographies focus on the technologies that their youthful subjects developed--Facebook, Google, Amazon.com, and Twitter--and the way each company has changed from small startup to international phenomenon. The subjects' lives and inventions are explained in clear language with embedded definitions when necessary; some details are more important than others. Numerous photos (mostly relevant, some not) support the texts. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Business Leaders titles: Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg, Google Founders, Jeff Bezos, and Twitter.

Reviewer: Frieda F. Bostian

(4) YA Business Leaders series. These books detail the lives of three entrepreneurs: Buffett, investor and one of the world's richest men; Jobs, founder and CEO of Apple computers; and Simmons, promoter and producer of hip-hop music. Each man's rise to fame and wealth is told in straightforward, accessible text. Photographs and sidebars add interest to these not particularly inspired but readable biographies. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Business Leaders titles: Russell Simmons, Steve Jobs, and Warren Buffett.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

(4) YA Business Leaders series. These books detail the lives of three entrepreneurs: Buffett, investor and one of the world's richest men; Jobs, founder and CEO of Apple computers; and Simmons, promoter and producer of hip-hop music. Each man's rise to fame and wealth is told in straightforward, accessible text. Photographs and sidebars add interest to these not particularly inspired but readable biographies. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Business Leaders titles: Russell Simmons, Steve Jobs, and Warren Buffett.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

(4) YA Business Leaders series. These books highlight the lives of three entrepreneurs: Dell, developer and CEO of Dell Computers; Winfrey, popular TV talk-show host and successful businesswoman; and world-renowned fashion designer Ralph Lauren. Each person's rise to wealth and fame is described in straightforward text. Photographs add interest to these not particularly inspired but readable biographies. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Business Leaders titles: Michael Dell, Oprah Winfrey, and Ralph Lauren.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

(4) YA Business Leaders series. These books highlight the lives of three entrepreneurs: Dell, developer and CEO of Dell Computers; Winfrey, popular TV talk-show host and successful businesswoman; and world-renowned fashion designer Ralph Lauren. Each person's rise to wealth and fame is described in straightforward text. Photographs add interest to these not particularly inspired but readable biographies. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Business Leaders titles: Michael Dell, Oprah Winfrey, and Ralph Lauren.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

(4) YA Business Leaders series. These books detail the lives of three entrepreneurs: Buffett, investor and one of the world's richest men; Jobs, founder and CEO of Apple computers; and Simmons, promoter and producer of hip-hop music. Each man's rise to fame and wealth is told in straightforward, accessible text. Photographs and sidebars add interest to these not particularly inspired but readable biographies. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Business Leaders titles: Russell Simmons, Steve Jobs, and Warren Buffett.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

(4) YA Business Leaders series. This book presents brief biographies of six women: Martha Matilda Harper, Annie M. Turnbo Malone, Madam C. J. Walker, Helena Rubinstein, Elizabeth Arden, and Estée Lauder. By developing beauty products then employing creative marketing techniques and shrewd business practices, each woman built a financial empire. Future entrepreneurs will gain inspiration from the readable if unexciting text and engaging archival photographs. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

(4) YA Business Leaders series. These books highlight the lives of three entrepreneurs: Dell, developer and CEO of Dell Computers; Winfrey, popular TV talk-show host and successful businesswoman; and world-renowned fashion designer Ralph Lauren. Each person's rise to wealth and fame is described in straightforward text. Photographs add interest to these not particularly inspired but readable biographies. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind. Review covers these Business Leaders titles: Michael Dell, Oprah Winfrey, and Ralph Lauren.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg

(4) YA American Business Leaders series. After outlining Bill Gates's life as a student, programmer, and founder of Microsoft, this new edition includes chapters on "Competition" and "Microsoft at War," which discuss recent antitrust litigation. The grainy photographs and bland design are discouraging, but researchers will appreciate the straightforward updated text. Timeline. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Maeve Visser Knoth

(4) YA American Business Leaders series. This book closely chronicles the invention and distribution of the mechanical grain reaper, the formation of a million-dollar business, and the fierce rivalries that developed at home and abroad. Little attention is paid to McCormick's personal life, which is in keeping with his character but prevents him from emerging as a complete person. Dry writing is occasionally broken up by grainy black-and-white reproductions. Bib., ind.

Reviewer: Jeannine M. Chapman