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Author:

Johnston, Tony, 1942-

Title:

Levi Strauss gets a bright idea : a fairly fabricated story of a pair of pants / written by Tony Johnston ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst.

Publisher:

Harcourt Children's Books,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

[32] p. : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Strauss, Levi--1829-1902--Juvenile fiction.
Tall tales.
Strauss, Levi--1829-1902--Fiction.
Jeans (Clothing)--Fiction.
Clothing and dress--Fiction.
Gold mines and mining--California--Fiction.
California--History--1850-1950--Fiction.
Tall tales.
Strauss, Levi--1829-1902--Fiction.
Jeans (Clothing)--Fiction.
Clothing and dress--Fiction.
Gold mines and mining--California--Fiction.
California--History--Fiction.
Tall tales.
Tall tales.
Picture books for children.

Other Authors:

Innerst, Stacy, ill.

Summary:

Retells, in tall-tale fashion, how Levi Strauss went to California during the Gold Rush, saw the need for a sturdier kind of trouser, and invented jeans.

Indexed by:

School Library Journal starred, August 2011
Pub Weekly, July 2011
Kirkus Review, July 2011
School Library Journal starred
Pub Weekly
Kirkus Review

ISBN:

0152061452
9780152061456 (trade)

LCCN:

2010043402

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