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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
810L
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English
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In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the developer of the Barbie doll, Ruth Handler. Follow the story of Handlers early work with her husband Elliott making and selling plastic products, their collaboration with Harold Matson to form Mattel, Handlers inspiration for a new kind of doll, and the company's introduction of Barbie in 1959. Readers will follow Barbies evolution through the ensuing decades as Handler continuously reinvented...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
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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,...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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For fans of the successful Who Was series, From an Idea to Lego is a behind-the-bricks look into the world's famous toy company, with humorous black & white illustrations throughout. Today, LEGO is one of the biggest toy companies in the world, but a long time ago, a Danish carpenter, Ole Kirk Christiansen, started with just an idea. Find out more about LEGO's origins, those famous bricks, and their other inventive toys and movie ventures in this...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
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"In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the manufacturers of LEGO, the Kristiansen Family. Follow the family's story from Denmark where Ole Kirk Christiansen began making wooden toys in his Billund Carpentry Shop and Lumberyard to the company's 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...
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In this title, 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!
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English
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Discover the life of Jim Henson-a story about being creative and trying new things for kids ages 6 to 9
Jim Henson was the talented puppeteer who made some of the most famous puppets of all time-the Muppets. Before he created Big Bird, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Oscar the Grouch, and many other well-known characters, Jim was an ambitious kid who loved trying new things and using his imagination. He learned how to make puppets and went on to invent...
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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 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...
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English
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This vintage book contains a fantastic treatise on puppets and marionettes of the world, looking at the history of puppets and puppet shows enjoyed in Europe, England, America and many other countries. With authentic photographs and a wealth of fascinating information from ancient puppets to instructions for construction, this volume will be of considerable utility to both puppeteers and historians alike.
13) Super Soakers
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
560L
Language
English
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Engaging images accompany information about Super Soakers. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
660L
Language
English
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Introduces George Lerner, the inventor of Mr. Potato Head, following him 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.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
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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 of this topic.
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Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
770L
Language
English
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"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...
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English
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A wonderful offering for young doll enthusiasts and women's history buffs alike
This fascinating book tells the stories of courageous doll makers, all of whom were-and continue to be-filled with passion, vision, and determination. They are the unsung heroines behind some of the most important dolls of the last hundred years-such as Barbie (Ruth Handler) and Madame Alexander's collection (Beatrice Alexander). Entrepreneurs and feminists of their...
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Lexile measure
710L
Language
English
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"In this title, readers will learn about board game creator Milton Bradley. Follow Bradley's early work creating and selling stationary, 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" --
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