MR POTATO HEAD INVENTOR George Lerner PAIGE V POLINSKY Checkerboard Library An Imprint of Abdo Publishing abdopublishing com
Chapter 1 YOUNG Spud For hundreds of years a war has raged on All over the world parents face off against their children The battlefield is the dinner table The war cry Don't play with your food But in the 1950s a new toy appeared in stores Not only did it encourage kids to play with their food but it gave them special tools to do it And what was more parents didn't mind Mr Potato Head gave kids a whole new way to play Today the toy includes a plastic head that kids can add features to But the original Mr Potato Head just included the features Kids added them to real potatoes This toy sensation was invented by George FUN FACT Lerner He was born in 1910 and grew up in Brooklyn New York George had two younger Today many people collect Potato sisters But little else is known about George's Head items A man in Birmingham childhood or family Some say that George's toy Alabama has nearly legacy began when he was a young boy 1 000 of them According to the story George took vegetables from his mother's garden He stuck
Mr. POTATO HEAD FUNNY FACE KIT ANY FRUIT OR VEGETABLE MAKES A FUNNY FACE MAN PATENT PROTECTED US PAT OFF Over 100 million Mr Potato Head kits have been sold in the past 60 years small items into them to turn them into dolls George then gave these dolls to his sisters Whether this story is true or not one thing is certain George would grow up to become a toy trailblazer
