Title Monopoly mastermind : Charles B. Darrow / Paige V. Polinsky.

Publication Info.	Minneapolis, Minnesota : Checkerboard Library, an imprint of ABDO Publishing, [2017]
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Location	Call No.	Status
Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department	J-B DARROW, CHARLES	Check Shelf
Plainville Public Library - Children's Department	J B DARROW	Check Shelf

Description	32 pages : illustrated (mostly color) ; 21 cm.
Series	Toy trailblazers
	Toy trailblazers.
Note	Includes index.
Contents	A play sensation -- The landlord's game -- Play and pass it on -- Depression distraction -- Darrow's Monopoly -- Supply and demand -- Parker Brothers purchase -- Patent protection -- Wartime wonder -- Monopoly mischief -- Monopoly makers -- Timeless tokens -- Timeline.
Summary	Readers will learn about the developer of the Monopoly board game, Charles B. Darrow. Follow the story of Darrow as he develops Monopoly from its roots as a tool to demonstrate the benefits of single tax through its evolution to the game we know today. Along the way readers will learn how Monopoly helped prisoners of war escape during World War II! Sidebars, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic.
Audience	770 Lexile.
	3-6.
Study Program	Accelerated Reader AR 5.0 0.5 190675.
	Accelerated Reader AR MG 5 0.5 190675.
Subject	Darrow, Charles -- Juvenile literature.
	Darrow, Charles.
	Darrow, Charles. (OCoLC)fst00458624
	Monopoly (Game) -- Juvenile literature.
	Board games -- Juvenile literature.
	Board game industry -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
	Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Toymakers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
	Monopoly (Game)
	Inventors.
	Board game industry.
	Toymakers -- History.
	Board game industry. (OCoLC)fst00835095
	Board games. (OCoLC)fst00835096
	Inventors. (OCoLC)fst00978052
	Monopoly (Game) (OCoLC)fst01025690
	Toymakers. (OCoLC)fst01153459
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Biographies.
	Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
ISBN	9781532110955 (library binding)
	1532110952 (library binding)

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