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Author Slater, Lee, 1969-

Title Play-doh pioneer : Joseph McVicker / Lee Slater.

Imprint Minneapolis, Minn. : Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Pub., [2016]

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Westside Biography  B MCV    ---  Available
Description 32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Series Toy trailblazers
Toy trailblazers.
Note Includes index.
Contents Born into the business -- A curious child -- Growing pains -- Life goes on -- A family legend -- A big idea -- Bright name, bright future -- Product placement -- The Play-Doh recipe -- Parenting and patents -- The shape of success -- Life after Play-Doh.
Indexed In: School Library Journal, April 2016
Horn Book, October 2016
Summary A biography of the inventor of Play-Doh, Joseph McVicker. Includes the story of McVicker's childhood and how Play-Doh evolved from a wallpaper cleaner into the famous toy it is today.
Audience 5.0.
3-6 Follett School Solutions.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 0.5 179690.
Subject McVicker, Joseph, 1930-1991.
Play-Doh (Toy) -- History.
Toy industry.
Inventors -- Biography.
Businessmen -- Biography.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Added Title Joseph McVicker
ISBN 9781624039782

 
    
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