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Rose Totino: Pizza Entrepreneur
Rebecca Felix
Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Dec. 15, 2017)Shares the life of the businesswoman, including her Italian upbringing, how she and her husband opened their first pizzeria, and why they decided to start selling frozen pizzas.
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Ruth Fertel: Ruth's Chris Steak House Creator
Rebecca Felix
Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Dec. 15, 2017)Shares the life of the businesswoman, including her early achievements, her work with Thoroughbred horses, and why a single mother with no experience in the food industry decided to open a restaurant.
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Debbi Fields: Mrs. Fields Founder
Rebecca Felix
Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Dec. 15, 2017)Shares the life of the businesswoman, including her California upbringing, why she only uses quality ingredients in her cookies, and how being embarrassed at a dinner party started her cookie empire.
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Angie Bastian: Boomchickapop Boss
Rebecca Felix
Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Dec. 15, 2017)This title unwraps the life of BOOMCHICKAPOP founder Angie Bastian! Readers will follow Bastian's journey from her early work as a nurse to the founding of BOOMCHICKAPOP with her husband Dan. A timeline, fast facts, infographics, a glossary, an index, and color photos supplement easy-to-read text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Marie Callender: Homemade Pie Maven
Rebecca Felix
Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Dec. 15, 2017)This title unwraps the life of Marie Callender's founder Marie Callender! Readers will follow Callender's journey from her early work as a baker in a deli to establishing a nation-wide chain of restaurants with her husband and son. A timeline, fast facts, infographics, a glossary, an index and historical and color photos supplement easy-to-read text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Checkerboard Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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Peggy Cherng: Panda Express Empress
Rebecca Felix
Library Binding (Abdo Publishing, Dec. 15, 2017)Shares the life of the fast food entrepreneur, including her education, her early career in the aerospace industry, and how she used her software expertise to revolutionize the way Panda Express did business.
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