| International Standard Book Number |
9781620149805 electronic book
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781620145746 hardcover
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| International Standard Book Number |
162014574X hardcover
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
688.7/28 B 23/eng/20231117
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| Personal Name |
Peñas, Roberto, author. (TXPtdBWP)293025
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| Title Statement |
Pedro's yo-yos : how a Filipino immigrant came to America and changed the world of toys / by Rob Peñas ; illustrated by Carl Angel.
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| Edition Statement |
First edition.
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
©2024
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| Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York, NY : Lee & Low Books Inc., [2024]
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| Physical Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
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| Content Type |
still image sti rdacontent
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| Content Type |
text txt rdacontent
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| Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia
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| Carrier Type |
volume nc rdacarrier
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
Includes bibliographical references.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"Discover the backstory of one of America's favorite toys, the yo-yo, in this colorful biography of businessman Pedro Flores. It can spin and roll, leap and twirl. You can stretch it between your hands or swing it between your legs. The tricks you can do with one are nearly endless. No wonder the yo-yo is one of the most successful toys ever made! And its popularity began with a Filipino immigrant. Pedro Flores was born in the Philippines in 1896, when Spain still ruled his country. After the US took over, Pedro traveled to California, received an education, and looked for ways to go into business for himself. Then he remembered a toy from his childhood called the yo-yo, which means "come back" in Tagalog. With a couple of blocks of wood and a little string, Pedro created his first model yo-yo and practiced tricks to show it off. It was an instant hit! When children saw the yo-yo in action, they clamored to get one themselves. So Pedro always performed his tricks near movie theaters, outside candy shops--anywhere he knew children would see the toy. Soon he was hiring fellow Filipinos to advertise it for him, while he ran factories that manufactured more than a million yo-yos a week! Winner of Lee & Low's New Voices award, Pedro's Yo-Yos is the lively story of one immigrant's ups and downs as an entrepreneur and his determination to create a toy that would capture the imagination of children and adults all over the world." -- Amazon.
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| Summary, Etc. |
"The story of businessman Pedro Flores, inventor of the yo-yo."--Provided by publisher.
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| Target Audience Note |
Ages 4-7 Lee & Low Books Inc.
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| Subject-Personal Name |
Flores, Pedro, 1899-1963. (TXPtdBWP)293023
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Inventors (TXPtdBWP)164851
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Inventors (TXPtdBWP)164851 fast
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Inventors Biography. United States (TXPtdBWP)172642
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Filipino Americans Biography. (TXPtdBWP)293018
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Yo-yos Juvenile literature. (TXPtdBWP)293016
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Inventeurs Biographies. EÌtats-Unis (TXPtdBWP)288346
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Yo-yos Juvenile literature. History (TXPtdBWP)293017
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Yo-yos. (TXPtdBWP)167959
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Yo-yos. (TXPtdBWP)167959 fast
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Yo-yos History. (TXPtdBWP)293024
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Yoyos Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. (TXPtdBWP)293020
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Yoyos Ouvrages pour la jeunesse. Histoire (TXPtdBWP)293019
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| Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
AmeÌricains d'origine philippine Biographies. (TXPtdBWP)293022
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| Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States. (TXPtdBWP)197474 fast
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies. (TXPtdBWP)166768 fast
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies. (TXPtdBWP)166768 lcgft
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Biographies. (TXPtdBWP)166768 rvmgf
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
History. (TXPtdBWP)159621 fast
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Illustrated works. (TXPtdBWP)224529 lcgft
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Juvenile works. (TXPtdBWP)148329 fast
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| Index Term-Genre/Form |
Ouvrages illustreÌs. (TXPtdBWP)264424 rvmgf
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| Added Entry, Personal Name |
Angel, Carl, illustrator. (TXPtdBWP)293021
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