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You wouldn't want to live without books!  Cover Image Book Book

You wouldn't want to live without books! / written by Alex Woolf ; illustrated by David Antram ; created and designed by David Salariya.

Woolf, Alex, 1964- (Author). Antram, David, 1958- (illustrator.). Salariya, David. (Added Author).

Summary:

Uses humor in both text and illustrations to describe the history of books and how important they have been to civilization.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781484439302
  • ISBN: 0531212203
  • Physical Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
  • Publisher: New York : Franklin Watts, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., ©2015

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Are you ready to write? -- Could you carve your text on a tablet? -- Are you prepared for papyrus? -- Why not curl up with a codex? -- Could you be a scribe in a scriptorium? -- Can you feel the power of print? -- Are you feeling enlightened? -- Could you be a pioneer of publishing? -- Do you think books are dangerous? -- Could you survive as a self-publisher? -- Will you welcome the World Wide Web? -- Is life easier with an e-book?
Subject: Books > History > Juvenile literature.
Printing > History.
Publishers and publishing > History.

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