The toothpaste millionaire
A young girl describes how her school friend made over a million dollars by creating and marketing a cheaper and better toothpaste.
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, Mass. :
Houghton Mifflin,
c2006.
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| Summary: | A young girl describes how her school friend made over a million dollars by creating and marketing a cheaper and better toothpaste. |
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| Item Description: | "35th Anniversary"--P. [4] of jacket. Includes an exclusive interview with the author and a reader's guide. |
| Physical Description: | 129 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0618759247 9780618759248 0618759255 (pbk.) 9780618759255 (pbk.) |
| Author Notes: | Her first book, Henry the Hand-Painted Mouse, was published in 1951. In 1952 she received a Fulbright Fellowship to study folklore at the University of Madras in India. She later based several of her books on Asian folk stories including Shan's Lucky Knife, The Girl Who Loved Caterpillars, and The Superlative Horse, which won a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. Her other books include A Song for Gar, Blue's Broken Heart, and The Pushcart War, which won a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. She also wrote a dozen scripts for animated television adaptations of her work. The Toothpaste Millionaire was adapted for television in 1974. She died from cancer on August 2, 2012 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) |
