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Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
108 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"The LEGO toy company was founded in 1934 by a Danish carpenter who loved making wooden pull toys. From its humble beginnings, the company has lived up to its name--which comes from the Danish phrase meaning to always "play well"--encouraging children to use their imagination and build whatever they can dream up. In this book, author Jim O'Connor describes how a simple concept--small plastic bricks that snap together--morphed into a cultural phenomenon"--...
2) LEGO
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about Lego. The combination of high-interest subject matter and narrative text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
Author
Series
Publisher
ABDO Publishing Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
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...
Author
Publisher
Crown Business
Pub. Date
c2013.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 305 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, charts, color portraits, photographs (some color) ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Brick by Brick takes you inside the LEGO you've never seen. By following the teams that are inventing some of the world's best-loved toys, it spotlights the company's disciplined approach to harnessing creativity and recounts one of the most remarkable business transformations in recent memory.
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