LEGO manufacturers the Kristiansen family

"In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the manufacturers of LEGO, the Kristiansen Family. 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. Christians...

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Main Author: Slater, Lee, 1969- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing, [2016]
Series:Toy trailblazers
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100 1 |a Slater, Lee,  |d 1969-  |e author. 
245 1 0 |a LEGO manufacturers :  |b the Kristiansen family /  |c Lee Slater. 
264 1 |a Minneapolis, Minnesota :  |b Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing,  |c [2016] 
300 |a 32 pages :  |b illustrations (some color) ;  |c 21 cm 
440 0 |a Toy trailblazers 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a A famous toymaker is born -- Ole builds his life -- Life isn't always easy -- The first LEGO toys -- Plastic classics -- Life of a LEGO brick -- A new name and a new system -- Ole's grandson runs the company -- A game changer in the world of play -- Rebuilding the LEGO brand -- The future lab -- Ole's family today. 
520 |a "In this engaging biography, readers will learn about the manufacturers of LEGO, the Kristiansen Family. 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 came to be spelled with a K, and about other LEGO group products." -- Publisher's website. 
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600 1 0 |a Kirk Christiansen, Godtfred,  |d 1920-1995  |v Juvenile nonfiction. 
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