Johnston, Tony, 1942-

Levi Strauss gets a bright idea : a fairly fabricated story of a pair of pants / written by Tony Johnston ; illustrated by Stacy Innerst. - Boston : Harcourt Children's Books, 2011. - [32] p. : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cm.

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Retells, in tall-tale fashion, how Levi Strauss went to California during the Gold Rush, saw the need for a sturdier kind of trouser, and invented jeans.

2.6 Follett Library Resources K-3 K-3 Follett Library Resources

0152061452 9780152061456 (trade)

2010043402


Strauss, Levi, 1829-1902 --Juvenile fiction.
Strauss, Levi, 1829-1902 --Fiction.
Strauss, Levi, 1829-1902 --Fiction.


Tall tales.
Clothing and dress--Fiction.
Gold mines and mining--California--Fiction.
Jeans (Clothing)--Fiction.
Tall tales.
Clothing and dress--Fiction.
Gold mines and mining--California--Fiction.
Jeans (Clothing)--Fiction.
Tall tales.


California--History--1850-1950--Fiction.
California--History--Fiction.


Picture books for children.
Tall tales.

PZ7.J6478 / Lev 2011

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