This is a simple, and sanitized, account of the relationship between two pioneers of computing, the electronics engineer, Steve Wozniak and the marketing visionary, Steve Jobs. Some of the surrounding facts are questionable (did Atari pay Jobs $1000 or $5000?), but the basic storyline, with a brief reference to tensions between the men, seems fairly consistent with public accounts. The personalities of the men, their initial funding challenges and associates are included. The narrative begins with Steve Wozniak in the "late 1960s" and runs through 1984 with a final page that references "Computing Today" to include business reports, music downloads and personal on-line video calls. 
 The weakness of the account is the artwork. Being a history that runs from the 1960s through the 1980s, I didn't mind the old school green grid lines. Far more problematic for me was that Steve Jobs looks like a woman in the first panel in which he is introduced. Furthermore, as everyone wears beards, I found myself stumbling over the drawings, trying to figure out who was saying what. The illustrators have decided to go with changing clothing styles, which is fine, but something as simple as always showing Jobs in black (which became his trademark) or Wozniak in blue would have gone a long way to being able to quickly identify who was who. It was distracting instead of enhancing. 
 This book doesn't cover anything else beyond the titled storyline. While inventions of others are referenced as inspiring to the men and 'competitors' are mentioned generally, there is no reference to... IBM or Motorola or anything else in the tech world. This is a strength in producing a cohesive historical narrative that does not age, but a weakness in purchasing the book. 
 It turns out the information age is a challenge to explain to children who are growing up in it like fish in water. I would be interested in any other recommendations that educators have for either the computer industry or the information age for elementary or middle school students. 
 The History of Computers (Inventions that Changed the World), Raum, 2008 
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