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Author Slater, Lee, 1969- author.

Title Play-doh pioneer : Joseph McVicker / Lee Slater.

Publisher Minneapolis, Minn. : Checkerboard Library an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company, ©2016.

ISBN 9781624039782
1624039782




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Description 32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm.
Series Title Toy trailblazers.
Toy trailblazers
Note(S) Includes index.
Summary Learn about the pioneer of Play-Doh, Joseph McVicker, following his childhood, his education at Brown University, joining his father's company Kutol Products, and his reinvention of the company's Kutol Wall Cleaner as Play-Doh.
Contents Born into the business -- A curious child -- Growing pains -- Life goes on -- A family legend -- A big idea -- Bright name, bright future -- Product placement -- The play-doh recipe -- Parenting and patents -- The shape of success -- Life after Play-Doh.
Audience 710 Lexile.
770L Lexile
Reading Level Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 0.5 179690.
Subject McVicker, Joseph, 1930-1991.
Subject(S) Play-Doh (Toy) -- History.
Toy industry.
Inventors -- Biography.
Businessmen -- Biograph.
Biographies.
Added Title Joseph McVicker
ISBN 9781624039782
1624039782