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1) Lego
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The LEGO toy company was founded in 1934 by a Danish carpenter who loved making wooden pull toys. From its humble beginnings, the company has lived up to its name-- which comes from the Danish phrase meaning to always "play well"-- encouraging children to use their imagination and build whatever they can dream up. In this book, author Jim O'Connor describes how a simple concept-- small plastic bricks that snap together-- morphed into a cultural phenomenon"--...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
45 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
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
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
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...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
255 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm
Language
English
Description
"The ultimate visual history, packed with fantastic photographs and profiles of more than 2,000 minifigures and other LEGO characters ... facts and statistics about villains and heroes ... and much, much more."--Page 4 of cover.
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