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The efficient, inventive (often annoying) Melvil Dewey Cover Image Book

The efficient, inventive (often annoying) Melvil Dewey / Alexis O'Neill ; illustrated by Edwin Fotheringham.

O'Neill, Alexis, 1949- (author.). Fotheringham, Ed, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Melvil Dewey liked order and efficiency, lists and measurements, which is what led him to create a library classification system and a school for teaching his library science.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1684371988
  • ISBN: 9781684371983
  • Physical Description: 1 volume (unnumbered pages) : color illustrations ; 26 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Boyds Mills & Kane, [2020]

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Target Audience Note:
600L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR LG 3.8 0.5 510317.

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Dewey, Melvil, 1851-1931 > Juvenile literature.
Classification, Dewey decimal > Juvenile literature.
Librarians > United States > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Library schools > United States > History > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Biographies.
Picture books.

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  • 21 of 21 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library. (Show)

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Marion Library JUV BIO DEW (Text) 37810435791891 Juvenile Biography Available -
Braswell Memorial Main Library JB DEWEY (Text) 37807000035491 Juvenile Biography Available -
Eden Library JB Dewey (Text) 31554010692613 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Etowah Branch DEWEY (Text) 33258010014759 Juvenile Biography Available -
Fletcher Branch DEWEY (Text) 33258010014777 Juvenile Biography Available -
Goldsboro Library JB DEWEY (Text) 900005000091610 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Hampton B. Allen Library J 027 O (Text) 18198000682585 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Henderson Main Branch DEWEY (Text) 33258010014768 Juvenile Biography Available -
Leath Memorial Library J 027 ONE (Text) 58198000947336 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Lenoir Library J B DEWEY Melvil O'N (Text) 50669012801842 Juvenile Biography Available -
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