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Awesome Achievers in Technology

Super and Strange Facts about 12 Almost Famous History Makers

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By Alan Katz

Illustrated by Chris Judge

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$11.99

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$15.99 CAD

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  1. Trade Paperback $11.99 $15.99 CAD
  2. ebook $8.99 $11.99 CAD

Part of a super fun middle grade series, Awesome Achievers in Technology puts the spotlight on lesser-known heroes and their contributions in tech.


Everyone has heard the name Steve Jobs, but what about Nolan Bushnell–Jobs’s boss before the invention of Apple, and the founder of the first major video game, Pong? Many of the most relevant figures in tech history have remained in the shadows, but not any longer! From Alan Katz’s new Awesome Achievers series, Awesome Achievers in Technology gives kids a look behind the scenes at 12 lesser-known inventors whose contributions to tech are personally relevant to their lives today. Each figure is given a traditional biography but is also subject to Katz’s unique brand of silliness, with humorous elements such as imagined poems, song lyrics, and diary entries by and about the not-so-famous figure accompanying each bio.

Spot illustrations throughout add to the lighthearted and appreciative humor each figure receives. Reluctant readers and budding tech enthusiasts alike will delight in this imaginative and engaging introduction to a new series of laugh out loud biographies.

  • "Kids will zip through this excellent middle-grade biography because the author makes the information relevant and relatable."
    --Imagination Soup

On Sale
Aug 6, 2019
Page Count
112 pages
Publisher
Running Press Kids
ISBN-13
9780762463367

Alan Katz

About the Author

Alan Katz is the author of many highly acclaimed children’s books, including the Awesome Achievers series, Take Me Out of the Bathtub and Other Silly Dilly Songs, Don’t Say That Word! OOPS!, Poems I Wrote When No One Was Looking, and The Day the Mustache Took Over and its sequel, The Day the Mustache Came Back. Alan is also a six-time Emmy-nominated writer for TV and has created comic books, trading card sets, web videos, TV commercials, and hundreds of other special projects for kids and parents. He lives with his family in Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Gary Boller is an illustrator from the United Kingdom, where he lives with his wife and two children, one chihuahua, and four cats. He loves music and is learning the fiddle (much to the annoyance of the aforementioned animals).

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Author photo of illustrator Chris Judge standing in front of a wall

Chris Judge

About the Illustrator

Chris Judge is the award-winning author and illustrator of The Lonely Beast and Tin and the illustrator of the Draw-It-Yourself Adventures series and the Danger Is Everywhere Series, written by comedian David O’Doherty. Chris’s work has been featured in advertising, newspapers, magazines, and exhibitions in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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