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.
School Library Journal starred, August 2011. Pub Weekly, July 2011. Kirkus Review, July 2011. School Library Journal starred. Pub Weekly. Kirkus Review.
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.