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At a time when books are being viewed as controversial and libraries are threatened with being shut down, reading is more important than ever. National Read a Book Day, a day to pick up a good ...
In Adventures in Stationery, James Ward presents the history of numerous items of stationery, integrated with his personal opinions and current trends.Some of the topics discussed include the invention of the ballpoint pen by László Bíró, [1] the development of the Pritt glue stick, the design of the paperclip, the shape of Stabilo highlighters, [2] the possible uses of Blu-Tack, and urban ...
Take a break from your busy schedule and indulge in a good book for National Read a Book day on Sept. 6.
I Can Read! is a line of beginning reading books published by HarperCollins.The series is rated by level and is widely used to teach children to read English. The first book in the series was Else Holmelund Minarik's Little Bear, published in 1957, and subsequent notable titles have included Amelia Bedelia and Frog and Toad.
"I, Pencil" is written in the first person from the point of view of a pencil. The pencil details the complexity of its own creation, listing its components (cedar, lacquer, graphite, ferrule, factice, pumice, wax, glue) and the numerous people involved, down to the sweeper in the factory and the lighthouse keeper guiding the shipment into port.
Spring was much better than fall. So in 1930 King Alfonso XIII approved the change of celebration of the Book Day on April 23, the supposed date of the death of Cervantes. [7] Forum on reading aloud held outside the campus library at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education, Mexico City for the occasion
Image credits: James T. Bawden #7. You see, I had really bad handwriting as a kid. Like really really bad handwriting. My teachers in general had a hard time trying to mark my homework, and there ...
The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing (SHARP) formed in 1991 in the United States on the initiative of scholars Jonathan Rose, Simon Eliot, and others. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] A major conference was held was at the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress , July 14-16, 1994, where Center Director, John Y. Cole served as ...