02094nam a22003377a 4500 1060 20230804161608.0 230719b cb ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780448488479 (paperback) 9780399542367 (hc) DLC eng DLC rda DLC GV1312 .A54 2016 338.7/61794092 B 23 Anderson, Kirsten (Kirsten Stephanie), author. Who was Milton Bradley? / by Kirsten Anderson ; illustrated by Tim Foley. Scholastic : Penguin Young Readers, 2016. 106 pages ; 21 cm. Who was...? W "Meet the man behind the board games: Milton Bradley. Born in Maine in 1836, Milton Bradley moved with his family to the working-class city of Lowell, Massachusetts, at age 11. His early life consisted of several highs and lows, from graduating high school and attending Harvard to getting laid off and losing his first wife. These experiences gave Bradley the idea for his first board game: The Checkered Game of Life. He produced and sold Life across the country and it quickly became a national sensation. Working with his company, the Milton Bradley Company, he continued to produce board games, crayons, and kid-friendly school supplies for the rest of his life. He is often credited as the father of board games, and the Milton Bradley Company has created Battleship, Jenga, Yahtzee, Trouble, and many more classic games"-- Provided by publisher. 830 Lexile W Raz-Plus Board game industry United States. Inventors United States Biography Juvenile literature. JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiography / General. bisacsh JUVENILE NONFICTION / Games & Activities / Board Games. bisacsh JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 19th Century. bisacsh Foley, Tim, 1962- illustrator. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc BK 0 1060 1060 0 0 ddc 0 0 NFIC 001 001 STAFF 2023-07-19 0 AND 338.7 GV1312.A54 FISTK05918 2023-07-19 13:59:16 2023-07-19 BK