Hot Wheels Developer

Hot Wheels Developer

Author: Jessie Alkire

Publisher: Checkerboard Library

Published: 2018-12-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781532117084

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Learn about the inventor of Hot Wheels, Elliot Handler.


Hot Wheels Developer: Elliot Handler

Hot Wheels Developer: Elliot Handler

Author: Jessie Alkire

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1532159927

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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 to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.


Barbie Developer: Ruth Handler

Barbie Developer: Ruth Handler

Author: Lee Slater

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1680771329

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In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the developer of the Barbie doll, Ruth Handler. Follow the story of Handler's early work with her husband Elliott making and selling plastic products, their collaboration with Harold Matson to form Mattel, Handler's inspiration for a new kind of doll, and the company's introduction of Barbie in 1959. Readers will follow Barbie's evolution through the ensuing decades as Handler continuously reinvented Barbie to appeal to new generations. Learn how Barbies are made, who came up with the name, the role of the Mickey Mouse Club in Barbie's success, and about other Mattel products. Handler's family and her retirement as president from Mattel and her subsequent work for cancer survivors with her new company Nearly Me is also covered. 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 state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.


Grow

Grow

Author: Riz Reyes

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2022-03-01

Total Pages: 64

ISBN-13: 1647007062

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Discover facts about 15 plants, explore what makes them unique, and learn how to grow them Grow beauty. Grow friendship. Grow flavor. Grow plants! Discover 15 plants with incredible powers, then learn how to grow them. Meet each plant’s surprising relations (did you know the tasty tomato is a cousin of deadly nightshade?) and discover their history (bromeliads defended themselves against dinosaurs!). Then, follow the step-by-step instructions to grow and care for each plant, whether you have a big backyard or a sunny windowsill. This fully illustrated guide to growing is the perfect introduction to plants for families everywhere.


Complete Book of Hot Wheels

Complete Book of Hot Wheels

Author: Bob Parker

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780764310836

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Wonderful color photographs cover nearly every casting from the first Hot Wheels toy cars through the 1999 model year. A complete visual guide with a listing of the many variations to help collectors sort through the vast and rapidly growing world of Hot Wheels.


Nerf Genius: Reyn Guyer

Nerf Genius: Reyn Guyer

Author: Rachael L. Thomas

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1532159951

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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 state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.


My Little Pony Pioneer: Bonnie Zacherle

My Little Pony Pioneer: Bonnie Zacherle

Author: Megan Borgert-Spaniol

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1532159943

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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 to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.


World War Z

World War Z

Author: Max Brooks

Publisher: Broadway Books

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 0770437400

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An account of the decade-long conflict between humankind and hordes of the predatory undead is told from the perspective of dozens of survivors who describe in their own words the epic human battle for survival, in a novel that is the basis for the June 2013 film starring Brad Pitt. Reissue. Movie Tie-In.


Lego Manufacturers: The Kristiansen Family

Lego Manufacturers: The Kristiansen Family

Author: Lee Slater

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1680771353

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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 expands to LEGOLAND. Learn how LEGO bricks are made, who came up with the name, how the family name came to be spelled with a K, and about other LEGO Group products. 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 state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.


Board Game Builder: Milton Bradley

Board Game Builder: Milton Bradley

Author: Lee Slater

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2016-01-01

Total Pages: 35

ISBN-13: 1680771337

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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 educational materials to support the new movement in education called kindergarten are included. 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 state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.