Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reading series, designed for teenagers and young adults learning English as a foreign language.
With carefully adapted text, new illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.
The Extraordinary Life of Steve Jobs, a Level 2 Reader, is A1+ in the CEFR framework. Sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the future tenses will and going to, present continuous for future meaning, and
comparatives and superlatives. It is well supported by illustrations, which appear on most pages.
Steve Jobs was a brilliant inventor and businessman. His computers, tablets and iPods have changed our lives and work. Steve was sometimes very difficult to work with, but he was also special. He thought about the world in a different way, and he had many brilliant ideas.
By:
Craig Barr-Green Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd Country of Publication: United Kingdom Dimensions:
Height: 198mm,
Width: 129mm,
Spine: 4mm
Weight: 64g ISBN:9780241588925 ISBN 10: 0241588928 Pages: 64 Publication Date:16 March 2023 Recommended Age: From 12 to 17 years Audience:
ELT/ESL
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Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
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Young adult
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Children's (6-12)
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Craig Barr-Green lives and works in Cornwall with his wife and their children. He founded the educational publishing house 'Clickety Books' and is a Lecturer in Children's Literature at Falmouth University.