LEGO manufacturers : the Kristiansen family / by Lee Slater.
"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." -- Publisher's website.
Record details
- ISBN: 1624039774
- ISBN: 9781624039775
- Physical Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : ABDO Publishing Company, [2016]
- Copyright: ©2016
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Includes index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- A famous toymaker is born -- Ole builds his life -- Life isn't always easy -- First LEGO toys -- Plastic classics -- Life of a LEGO brick -- A new name and a new system -- Ole's grandson runs the company -- A game changer in the world of play -- Rebuilding the LEGO brand -- Future lab -- Ole's family today.
- Target Audience Note:
- 750L Lexile
- Study Program Information Note:
- Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.9 0.5 179687.
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- Kirk Christiansen, Godtfred, 1920-1995 > Juvenile literature.
Kirk Christiansen, Ole, 1891-1958 > Juvenile literature.
LEGO koncernen (Denmark) > History > Juvenile literature.
LEGO toys > History > Juvenile literature.
Toy industry > Denmark > History > Juvenile literature. - Genre:
- Biographies.
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Jacksonville Main Library | J688.725 SLA (Text) | 36015000525523 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
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