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"She's an icon. She's fun and aspirational. She's stirring controversy and outrage. Her name is Barbie. In 1956, Ruth Handler, cofounder of a budding toy company, embarks on a mission to upend the marketplace by creating a controversial doll: one that looks like a grown woman. Unlike the current trend of baby dolls that reinforces traditional roles of motherhood, this doll will empower little girls to be and do anything. And Barbie is born. Not everyone...

Join Barbie as Corinne, a young country girl headed to Paris to pursue her big dream: to become a female Musketeer. Never could she imagine she would meet three other girls who secretly share the same dream. Using their special talents, the girls work together as a team to foil a plot and save the prince.

This title delves into the colorful history of the toy superstar Barbie and its popularity today. The book is complete with exciting historical and modern photographs as well as a more facts section and glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

"In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the developer of the Barbie doll, Ruth Handler. Follow the story of Handler's early work with her husband Elliott making and selling plastic products, their collaboration with Harold Matson to form Mattel, Handler's inspiration for a new kind of doll, and the company's introduction of Barbie in 1959. Readers will follow Barbie's evolution through the ensuing decades as Handler continuously reinvented...

Wackiness ensues when Raquelle and her brother Ryan compete against Teresa and Barbie on a cooking show.

Blair is accepted into the princess charm school of Gardania, but with the scheming Delancy and her mother Dame Devin trying to trip her up, Blair does not know if she has what it takes to be a princess.

Barbie wants her date with Ken to be perfect. Will she be able to choose just the right outfit in time to meet him?

1959. In an era of one-dimensional paper dolls and cherubic baby dolls, Barbie changed everything-- forever. Here is a visual feast of fifty years of beautiful Barbies, showcasing some of the finest and rarest dolls and accessories ever created.

Barbie decides to help out when she sees that the veterinarian who cares for her puppy Lacey is very busy.