| Description |
32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Toy trailblazers |
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Toy trailblazers.
|
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Richard James, rookie inventor -- The war effort -- The happy accident -- Slinky is born! -- Slinky hits the stores -- The business takes off -- Life of a slinky -- Richard moves on -- Mom, president, reinventor -- The famous slinky jingle -- Slinky fame & fortune -- Slinky moves foreward. |
| Indexed In: |
School Library Journal, April 2016 |
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Horn Book, October 2016 |
| Summary |
Describes the invention of the Slinky by the James family. Also includes information about Richard James's childhood, his education at Penn State University where he married Betty Mattas, and his naval engineering career at William Cramp & Sons where an accident with a tension spring led to the invention of the Slinky. |
| Audience |
4.9. |
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3-6 Follett School Solutions. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.6 0.5 179692. |
| Subject |
Slinky (Toy)
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| Added Title |
James family |
| ISBN |
9781624039799 |
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