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1) LEGO
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
740L
Language
English
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Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Lego. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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Language
English
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The LEGO Group's history is as colorful as the toys it makes. This history charts the birth of the LEGO Group in the workshop of a Danish carpenter and its steady growth as a small, family-run toy manufacturer to its current position as a market-leading, award-winning brand.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
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Description
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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English
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"The extraordinary inside story of the LEGO company--producer of the most beloved and popular toy on the planet--based on unprecedented access to the founding family that still owns the company, chronicling the brand's improbable journey to become the empire that it is today."--
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Santa's workshop takes you to the real world of China's toy factories. Low labour costs attract more and more companies to China. Today more than 75% of our toys are made in China. But this industry takes its toll on the workers and on the environment. Workers tell us about long working hours, low wages and dangerous work places. Those who protest or try to organise trade unions risk imprisonment. The Swedish buyers blame bad conditions on the Chinese...
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Series
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
700L
Language
English
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Description
"Engaging images accompany information about My Little Pony. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 8"--
9) PopCo
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Lexile measure
890L
Language
English
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Description
PopCo tells the story of Alice Butler-a subversively smart girl in our commercial-soaked world who grows from recluse orphan to burgeoning vigilante, buttressed by mystery, codes, math, and the sense her grandparents gave her that she could change the world. Alice-slight introvert, crossword compositor- works at PopCo, a globally successful and slightly sinister toy company. Lured by their CEO to a Thought Camp out on the moors, PopCo's creatives...
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Pub. Date
[2016]
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
"Everyone has played with LEGO; toys, but not many people know who is behind this awesome invention. This fun and engaging book tells the story of how a Danish carpenter and his family turned a desperate situation into the most popular toy in history. With full-color illustrations and lively text, and chock-full of interesting facts, Awesome Minds: The Inventors of LEGO; Toys is the perfect read for those with creative spirits and curious minds. This...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
750L
Language
English
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Description
"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...
12) Big
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English
Description
Josh is a 12-year-old who makes a wish from an old machine to be big. Not really believing it will work, Josh is very surprised to find himself BIG the next morning. Now he looks like a 30 year old guy, but he still behaves like a boy. He decides to go with his best friend to New York and try to find the machine that can fix his wish. In New York he gets a job in a toy company and develops a romantic crush on a beautiful woman. Now Josh must learn...
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English
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How do you spark genius? How do you earn a profit from fun? And how do you overcome unthinkable challenges? The developer of Simon, Fashion Polly Pocket, UNO Attack!, My Size Barbie, and Operation explains it all in this fascinating story of toys, transformation, and murder.
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Series
Charlotte Justice novels volume 4
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English
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Description
Torn between her proud African American family and colleagues who still can't deal with diversity, LAPD homicide detective Charlotte Justice returns to an investigation she once had to leave behind. Thirteen years before, Justice's husband and child were murdered in their own driveway. Now Charlotte is on edge again, bedeviled by bloody memories, a violent incident involving a fellow officer, and a cold case that turns red-hot. In this pivotal installment...
16) Big
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English
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Description
A 12-year-old boy's wish comes true when he asks a mechanical carnival genie to make him 'big'. He manages to land a job at a toy company where he experiences the complications of being an adult.
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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Description
"The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured-and transformed-the world's imagination. The Walkman. Karaoke. Pikachu. Pac-Man. Akira. Emoji. We've all fallen in love with one or another of Japan's pop-culture creations, from the techy to the wild to the super-kawaii. But as Japanese media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant investigation of Tokyo's pop-fantasy complex, we don't know...
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Zoopercar caper: The Joyco Toy Company has heard about George and his Zoopercar and they want to market it as their newest toy. George isn't interested in selling his prized possession. Afterall, he and his dad built it together and no one can take that special bond away. If George won't sell it to two Joyco toy employees, they will just take it. However, once Big Ed Easy finds out the George has been swindled out of his car, he promptley returns...
19) Lego
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"This title delves into the colorful history of the toy superstar LEGO and its popularity today"
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