You wouldn't want to live without books! / written by Alex Woolf ; illustrated by David Antram ; created and designed by David Salariya.
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? |
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| Subject: | Books > History > Juvenile literature. Printing > History. Publishers and publishing > History. |