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Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Follow the familyѫs story from Denmark where Ole Kirk Christiansen began making wooden toys in his Billund Carpentry Shop and Lumberyard to the companyѫs evolution to the LEGO company. Christiansen and his sons Godtfred, Karl, and Gerhardt purchase a machine that makes plastic toys, and create the LEGO brick, and his grandson Kjeld Kirk Kristiansen expands to LEGOLAND. Learn how LEGO bricks are made, who came up with the name, how the family name...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In this engaging biography, readers will learn about Nintendo innovator Hiroshi Yamauchi. Follow the story of Yamauchi as he takes over his family's playing card manufacturing company and transforms it into the video game powerhouse responsible for Donkey Kong, Super Mario Brothers, the Game Boy, and the Wii. Sidebars, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional features include a table of contents, an...
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Learn about the developer of the Barbie doll, Ruth Handler, following her early work with her husband Elliott making and selling plastic products, their collaboration with Harold Matson to form Mattel, Handlerѫs inspiration for a new kind of doll, and the companyѫs introduction of Barbie in 1959
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Learn about the inventor of Nerf, Reyn Guyer. Follow the story of Guyer from his early collaboration inventing the game Twister, to the Nerf indoor ball, Nerf Football, and Nerf Blaster" --
Author
Publisher
Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the slime queen, Karina Garcia. Follow the story of Garcia as she creates a successful business teaching people how to make different types of slime and other crafts with her successful YouTube channel and her company Craft City. Sidebars, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional features include a table of contents, an index, a timeline and fun facts....
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the developer of the Monopoly board game, Charles B. Darrow. Follow the story of Darrow as he develops Monopoly from its roots as a tool to demonstrate the benefits of single tax through its evolution to the game we know today. Along the way readers will learn how Monopoly helped prisoners of war escape during World War II! Sidebars, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding...
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the inventor of the American Girl doll, Pleasant Rowland. Follow the story of Rowland as she creates American Girl from the original historical dolls to the updated American Girl of the Year and American Girl of Today to Truly Me and BeForever. Sidebars, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional features include a table of contents, an index, a timeline...
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the inventor of My Little Pony, Bonnie Zacherle. Follow the story of Zacherle from her early days as a greeting card illustrator to her development of My Pretty Pony and My Little Pony. Sidebars, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional features include a table of contents, an index, a timeline and fun facts.
Author
Publisher
Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the inventor of Lincoln Logs, John Lloyd Wright. Follow the story of Wright as he follows his famous father Frank Lloyd Wright into architecture, works on Japan's Imperial Hotel, and eventually invents Lincoln Logs!
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