| Description |
1 online resource (32 p.) : illustrated (mostly color), no sd. ; |
| Series |
Toy trailblazers |
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Toy trailblazers.
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| Note |
Includes glossary and timeline. |
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Checkerboard Library. |
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Abdo Digital eBook. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index. |
| Contents |
A famous toymaker is born -- Ole builds his life -- Life isn't always easy -- The first LEGO toys -- Plastic classics -- Life of a LEGO brick -- A new name and a new system -- The family business -- A true game changer -- Rebuilding the LEGO brand -- The future lab -- The Kristiansen family today -- Timeline -- Glossary -- Websites -- Index. |
| File Type |
Electronic text. |
| Summary |
Follow the familys story from Denmark where Ole Kirk Christiansen began making wooden toys in his Billund Carpentry Shop and Lumberyard to the companys 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. |
| Audience |
4.0. |
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3.0-6.0. |
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750 Lexile. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader MG 4.9 0.5 179687 |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Available via World Wide Web. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: Internet. |
| Subject |
Kirk Christiansen, Ole, 1891-1958 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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Kirk Christiansen, Godtfred, 1920-1995 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
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LEGO koncernen (Denmark) -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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LEGO toys -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Toy industry -- Denmark -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Abdo Digital.
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| Added Title |
Kristiansen family [electronic resource] : |
| ISBN |
9781680771350 (electronic book) : 31.95 |
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