Tom Monaghan: Domino's Pizza Innovator
In this title, unwrap the life of talented Domino's Pizza innovator Tom Monaghan! Readers will enjoy getting the scoop on this Food Dude, beginning with his childhood in a Michigan orphanage and foster care. Students can follow Monaghan's success story from college dropout to US Marine Corps to successful pizza chain businessman. Monaghan's family and retirement years are also highlighted. Engaging text familiarizes readers with topics of interest including his influence on pizza delivery standards. An entertaining sidebar, a helpful timeline, a glossary, and an index supplement the historical and color photos showcased in this inspiring biography.
Aligned to Common Core standards and correlated to state standards.
Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Interest Level | Grade 3 - Grade 6 |
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Reading Level | Grade 4 |
BISACS | JNF007000, JNF014000, JNF010000 |
Genre | Nonfiction |
Subject | Biographies, Careers |
Copyright | 2015 |
Division | Abdo Publishing |
Imprint | Checkerboard Library |
Language | English |
Season | 2014-08-01 |
ISBN | 9781624033162, 9781629686028 |
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Title Format | Reinforced Library Bound Hardcovers, ePub |
Dewey | 647.95092 |
Graphics | Full-color photographs |
Lexile | 710 |
Guided Reading Level | P |
ATOS Reading Level | 4.5 |
ATOS Interest Level | MG |
Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 169731 |
Accelerated Reader® Points | 0.5 |
Features | Glossary of key words, Index, Reviewed, Table of contents, and Timeline of key events |
Online Resources | FREE! Booklinks Nonfiction Network |
Food Dudes Set 2 - School Library Journal, Series Made Simple
This series about fast-food inventors and entrepreneurs serves up a surprisingly rich informational feast. Each book explores the cultural context of the innovator in question, exploring the rationale for creating the food and exploring why America responded so enthusiastically to it. As a whole, the design is clean, bright, and engaging. Although the subject is fast food, these books are nutritious in quality. Highly recommended for reluctant readers.