Bibliograph

Board game builder, Milton Bradley, Lee Slater

Type

Label

Board game builder, Milton Bradley, Lee Slater

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Board game builder

Oclc number

931476265

Responsibility statement

Lee Slater

Series statement

Toy trailblazers

Sub title

Milton Bradley

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

Table Of Contents

Chapter 1: A life of work and play begins -- Chapter 2: A young man with bright ideas -- Chapter 3: Early career successes and failures -- Chapter 4: Father of the modern board game -- Chapter 5: The making of a board game [Infographic] -- Chapter 6: The ups and downs of real life -- Chapter 7: Board games and beyond -- Chapter 8: Mr. Bradley goes to Kindergarten -- Chapter 9: The changing Game of Life -- Chapter 10: Success and satisfaction -- Chapter 11: The end game -- Chapter 12: Milton Bradley lives on

Target audience

juvenile

Classification

Creator