LEGO manufacturers : the Kristiansen family

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Title:

LEGO manufacturers : the Kristiansen family

Author:

Slater, Lee, 1969- author.

Series:

Toy trailblazers.

Summary:

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

General Note:

Includes 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 -- Ole's grandson runs the company -- A game changer in the world of play -- Rebuilding the LEGO brand -- The future lab -- Ole's family today.

Physical Description:

32 pages : col. ill. ; 20 cm

Personal Subject:

Kirk Christiansen, Ole, 1891-1958-Juvenile literature.

Kirk Christiansen, Godtfred, 1920-1995-Juvenile literature.

Corporate Subject:

LEGO koncernen (Denmark) -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Subject Term:

LEGO toys -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Toy industry -- History -- Juvenile literature.

Publisher:

ABDO Publishing Company,

Publication Date:

2016

ISBN:

9781624039775

Publication Information:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : ABDO Publishing Company, [2016]

Call Number:

J 688.7 SLATER

Holds: Copies:

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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.

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School Library Journal Review

Gr 4-6-Students will savor these informative and fast-paced titles on the fascinating, sometimes quirky histories behind the visionary inventors of popular toys. Surprisingly, Crayola and LEGO's wordy descriptions of product production include only one small stock color photo each, whereas the other titles explain their methods creatively, with plenty of explanatory colored graphics. Brief chapters keep reading pace brisk. "Fun Facts" sidebars offer entertaining, educational bits of trivia and striking covers, colored banners, and numerous high-quality black-and-white and color photos of the products appropriately enliven the playful appearance. VERDICT These slim volumes should prove as popular as their namesakes in public and school libraries. Use in units on business/economics, inventors, and popular culture. © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.