Bill and Melinda Gates
From the Set Life Skills Biographies
Discover how entrepreneur Bill Gates created Microsoft and amassed a fortune as a leader in the computer industry and then partnered with his wife Melinda Gates to found the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Readers will learn about their lives and their mission is to enhance healthcare and reduce extreme poverty around the world.
| Interest Level | Grade 4 - Grade 8 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 6 |
| Dewey | 338.7/610053092273 |
| Lexile | |
| ATOS Reading Level | 7.4 |
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| Publisher | Cherry Lake Publishing |
| Series | Life Skills Biographies |
| Language | English |
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| Available Formats | Reinforced book (9781602790681), PDF (9781602792036), ePub (9781631378843), Hosted ebook (9781602792036H), Kindle (9781631371837) |
| Copyright | 2008 |
| Number of Pages | 48 |
| Dimensions | 7.5 x 9.5 |
| Graphics |
Author: Dana Meachen Rau
Dana Meachen Rau loves to observe. Wondering about nature inspires her to write. Researching information helps answer her questions about how the world works. And writing books allows her to share what she has discovered with others. Mrs. Rau has written more than 200 books, many on science topics, for children of all ages. She lives, writes, and experiments at home in Burlington, Connecticut.
Content Adviser: Josh McHugh
Contributing Editor, Wired, San Francisco, California
- Introduction
- The Beginnings of Wealth
- Finding His Way
- The Growth of Microsoft
- What Giving Can Do
- Making the World a Smaller Place
- Timeline
- Glossary
- For More Information
- Index
- About the Author
| Author/Illustrator biography |
| Glossary of key words |
| Index |
| Informative sidebars |
| Sources for further research |
| Table of contents |
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