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LEGO manufacturers : the Kristiansen family / Lee Slater.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slater, Lee, 1969- author.
- Series:
- Toy trailblazers.
- Toy Trailblazers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kirk Christiansen, Ole, 1891-1958--Juvenile literature.
- Kirk Christiansen, Ole.
- Kirk Christiansen, Godtfred, 1920-1995--Juvenile literature.
- Kirk Christiansen, Godtfred.
- LEGO koncernen (Denmark)--History--Juvenile literature.
- LEGO koncernen (Denmark).
- LEGO toys--History--Juvenile literature.
- LEGO toys.
- Toy industry--Denmark--History--Juvenile literature.
- Toy industry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (33 pages) : color illustrations, photographs.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Checkerboard Library, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-68077-052-7
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