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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the builder of board games, Milton Bradley. Follow the story from Bradley's childhood, his early entrepreneurial work creating and selling stationery, his drafting education at Harvard, his first business creating and selling lithographs, and how these experiences came together when he formed the Milton Bradley Company and created the Game of Life. Bradley's family, retirement, and work producing...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the pioneer of Play-Doh, Joseph McVicker. Follow the story from McVicker's childhood, his education at Brown University, joining his father's company Kutol Products, and his reinvention of the company's Kutol Wall Cleaner as Play-Doh. Learn how Play-Doh is made, who came up with the name, the role of Captain Kanagroo in Play-Doh's success, and about other Play-Doh products. McVicker's family, retirement,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the innovators of the Slinky, the James family. Follow the story from Richard James's childhood and engineering education at Penn State University where he married Betty Mattas to his naval engineering career at William Cramp & Sons and the accident with a tension spring that led to Slinky. The Jameses founding of the Spring and Wire Company and its success with Slinky, the company's foundering,...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
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...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the inventor of Mr. Potato Head, George Lerner. Follow the story of Lerner as he takes Mr. Potato Head from its start as a cereal-box prize to a kit of pieces that kids stuck into real potatoes to the addition of Mrs. Potato Head and the entire Potato Head family to stardom in the movie Toy Story. Sidebars, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the designer of Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri. Follow the story of Tajiri as he founds Game Freak magazine which turned into Game Freak video-game development company and the creation of the Pokémon video games, trading cards, television series, and Pokémon Go! Sidebars, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional features include a table of contents, an...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the inventor of Rubik's Cube, Erno Rubik. Follow the story of Professor Rubik as he invents the Magic Cube and moves past its disappointing flop in Hungary to winning Toy of the Year and international success as Rubik's Cube. 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....
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the developer of the yo-yo, Pedro Flores. Follow the story of Flores as he popularizes the toy through his Yo-Yo Manufacturing Company then teams up with Donald F. Duncan to create the Duncan yo-yo! Along the way readers will learn how yo-yos are made and how to "walk the dog." Sidebars, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional features include a table...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
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. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the inventor of Hot Wheels, Elliot Handler. Follow the story of Handler as he starts the Mattel toy company, begins making toys from plastic, develops the Barbie and Ken dolls with his wife Ruth, then invents Hot Wheels! 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. Aligned...
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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! 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. Aligned to...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
In this engaging biography, readers will 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. 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. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
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
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
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....
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