Fine Print (Creative Minds Biography) [Paperback]

Joann Johansen Burch (Author), Kent Alan Aldrich (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1991 | Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up | Series: Creative Minds Biography

Recounts the story of the German printer credited with the invention of printing with movable type.

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Grade 4-6-- Faced with a dearth of known facts about Gutenberg, Burch uses an evocation of the time, place, and society in which his subject lived, together with a process of deduction, to fill in some of the details of the printer's life. The result is an interesting and credible biography of the feisty, determined, and oft-beset inventor, told with a minimum of fictionalization. Aldrich's linoleum-block cover design and illustrations are striking, appropriate, and enhance the text. Unfortunately, the only reproduction of the Bible itself is a very small photo on the back jacket flap. Caselli's A German Printer (Peter Bedrick, 1987) describes in detail the printing craft in the late 1400s and is a good follow-up choice. --Tatiana Castleton, Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library, CA
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Paperback: 64 pages
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (January 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876145659
• ISBN-13: 978-0876145654
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.9 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,931 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #71 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > People & Places > Biographies > Science & Technology

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5.0 out of 5 stars Make history come alive, August 21, 2005

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This review is from: Fine Print (Creative Minds Biography) (Paperback)

I'm not sure how I found this book, but I used it as part of a lesson in conjunction a book study of "Castle in the Attic". The teacher I was working with had the school library order 10 copies for future use. This is not going to be a book kids are going to want to pick up, but they will enjoy it once they do. History is so often presented so dry and boring, this book shows children that people making history are ordinary people with their own problems. I recommend this book for use with how the Renaissance and Reformation influenced education, art, religion, and government in Europe.