Board Game Builder: Milton Bradley

Toy Trailblazers

by Lee Slater

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. Sidebars, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional features include a table of contents, an index, a timeline and fun facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction, Childrens, Biography Memoir, History

32 pages, Library Binding

Published December 15, 2015

Reviews

[Jon Nakapalau · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story of Milton Bradley is told in this interesting and informative book. It is amazing how influential he became. We often forget how toys/games can become formative foundations of how we go about solving problems; skills acquired in the pursuit of entertainment are directly transferable to how we tackle problems when we become adults. There is no question that Milton Bradley holds a unique position in this area of learning.

[Gretchen · Rating 5 out of 5]

While most students today play electronic and/or computer games, the life of one of the first game producers could hold great interest for them. It's very interesting to note the highs and lows in Bradley's life including starting and ending a number of companies due to economic circumstances and national events before the Milton Bradley company was created. Milton Bradley got into games because as a child his dad had made learning fun and he wanted to share that idea of fun and put his lithograph skills to use. He was a huge proponent of the introduction of kindergarten in the US and even created a line of products that could be used to help young children learn and have fun. Definitely a man with many sides and skills who opened up a whole new category of business and his name is still used today.

[Stacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

An enjoyable synopsis of Milton Bradley. Done well enough, I am interested in finding a biography about Milton Bradley.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

An elementary level biography of baord game maker Milton Bradley from his early life to making numerous board games.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars