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Board game builder : Milton Bradley / Lee Slater.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Slater, Lee, 1969- author.
- Series:
- Toy trailblazers.
- Toy Trailblazers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bradley, Milton, 1836-1911--Juvenile literature.
- Bradley, Milton.
- Milton Bradley Company--Juvenile literature.
- Milton Bradley Company.
- Board game industry--United States.
- Board game industry.
- Board games--Design and construction.
- Board games.
- Inventors--United States--Biography--Juvenile literature.
- Inventors.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (35 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis, Minnesota : Checkerboard Library, 2016.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the builder of board games, Milton Bradley. Follow the story from Bradley's childhood, his early entrepreneurial work creating and selling stationery, his drafting education at Harvard, his first business creating and selling lithographs, and how these experiences came together when he formed the Milton Bradley Company and created the Game of Life. Bradley's family, retirement, and work producing educational materials to support the new movement in education called kindergarten are included. 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:
- Chapter 1: A life of work and play begins
- Chapter 2: A young man with bright ideas
- Chapter 3: Early career successes and failures
- Chapter 4: Father of the modern board game
- Chapter 5: The making of a board game [Infographic]
- Chapter 6: The ups and downs of real life
- Chapter 7: Board games and beyond
- Chapter 8: Mr. Bradley goes to Kindergarten
- Chapter 9: The changing Game of Life
- Chapter 10: Success and satisfaction
- Chapter 11: The end game
- Chapter 12: Milton Bradley lives on.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-68077-050-0
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