Abdo Digital
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This title introduces readers to Clayton Kershaw, providing exciting details about his life and going deep inside the key moments of his MLB career. The title also features informative "fast facts," a timeline, and a glossary. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.
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2016.
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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 expands to LEGOLAND. Learn how LEGO bricks are made, who came up with the name, how the family name...
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2016.
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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...
5) Samuel Morse
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2016.
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Discusses Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse code and innovator of the telegraph, an invention that changed the world!
8) Tom Brady
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This title introduces readers to Tom Brady, providing exciting details about his life and going deep inside the key moments of his NFL career. The title also features informative "fast facts," a timeline, and a glossary. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
10) George Eastman
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2016.
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Discusses the life of George Eastman, the inventor of the camera and founder of the Eastman Kodak Company.
11) Henry Ford
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2016.
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Discusses Henry Ford, the inventor of the car that changed travel forever, starting a car-making revolution.
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This title introduces readers to Giancarlo Stanton, providing exciting details about his life and going deep inside the key moments of his MLB career. The title also features informative "fast facts," a timeline, and a glossary. SportsZone is an imprint of Abdo Publishing Company.
13) Peyton Manning
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"This title introduces readers to Peyton Manning, providing exciting details about his life and going deep inside the key moments of his NFL career."--
16) Meghan Trainor
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2016.
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Learn about Trainor|s childhood in Massachusetts, her early education at the Berklee College of Music, her move to Nashville, Tennessee and her early songwriting career. Trainor|s breakout song |All About that Bass| and album Title are covered, as is her charitable work with the Charlotte and Gwyneth Gray Foundation.
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Learn about William's childhood in Virginia, his meeting in high school of friend Chad Hugo, and their founding of the Neptunes. William's work with the Neptunes is covered, including their first hit, Britney Spears|s |I|m a Slave 4 U|. William's career as a musician both with band N.E.R.D. and his solo work including his first album On My Mind is covered, as are his many Grammy Award wins, designer clothing lines, and first book based on his song...
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