Toy Stories | La Grange Park Public Library District

1) Barbie: Ruth Handler

Author

Slater, Lee, 1969-

Earliest Publication Date

2021

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Looks at the life of Ruth Handler, the creator of the Barbie doll.

2) Board games: Milton Bradley

Author

Slater, Lee, 1969-

Earliest Publication Date

2021

Description

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Looks at the life of Milton Bradley, and how he created his board games.

3) Crayola: Edwin Binney & C. Harold Smith

Author

Slater, Lee

Earliest Publication Date

2021

Description

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Looks at the lives of Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith, who developed products for the Crayola company.

4) Easy-Bake Oven: Ronald Howes

Author

Rusick, Jessica

Earliest Publication Date

2021

Description

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Looks at the life of Ronald Howes, who developed the Easy-Bake Oven.

5) LEGO: the Kristiansen family

Author

Slater, Lee, 1969-

Earliest Publication Date

2021

Description

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Looks at the Kristiansen family, who created LEGO.

6) Pokémon: Satoshi Tajiri

Author

Polinsky, Paige V

Earliest Publication Date

2022

Description

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Looks at the of life of Satoshi Tajiri, the creator of Pokémon. In this title, readers will learn about the designer of Pokémon, Satoshi Tajiri. Follow the story of Tajiri as he founds Game Freak magazine which turned into Game Freak video-game development company and the creation of the Pokémon video games, trading cards, television series, and Pokémon Go!