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Author:

Slater, Lee, 1969- author.

Title:

Board game builder : Milton Bradley / by Lee Slater.

Publisher:

ABDO Publishing Company,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

32 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Bradley, Milton,--1836-1911--Juvenile literature.
Board game industry--United States.
Board games--Design and construction.
Inventors--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Milton Bradley Company--Juvenile literature.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes index.

Contents:

Milton Bradley lives on. A young man with bright ideas -- Early career successes and failures -- Father of the modern board game -- The making of a board game [Infographic] -- The ups and downs of real life -- Board games and beyond -- Mr. Bradley goes to Kindergarten -- The changing Game of Life -- Success and satisfaction -- The end game -- Milton Bradley lives on.

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." -- Publisher's website.

Series:

Toy trailblazers
Slater, Lee, 1969- Toy trailblazers.

ISBN:

1624039758
9781624039751

OCLC:

(OCoLC)931476265

LCCN:

2015030428

Locations:

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CUPC586 -- Columbus Junction Public Library (Columbus Junction)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UEPA943 -- Duncombe Public Library (Duncombe)

EBPE325 -- Estherville Public Library (Estherville)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

BGPE251 -- Perry Public Library (Perry)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

YFPC572 -- Springville Memorial Library (Springville)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

CJPC482 -- Williamsburg Public Library (Williamsburg)