printing

Takes viewers through each step in the creation of a children's book, visiting writers, illustrators, editors, and printers, showing how they do their jobs, and demonstrating the important role each plays in the process.

Provides facts about the historical development of writing and printing, and includes illustrated, step-by-step instructions for related craft projects and activities.

Traces the importance of printing as a means of communication from the invention of moveable type to today's modern presses.

A biography of fifteenth-century goldsmith Johannes Gutenberg, who developed the first moveable-type printing press.

A biography of the fifteenth-century German printer who revolutionized printing with the invention of movable type.

Traces in text and photos the process by which wood, glue, and ink are brought together to make books, covering such aspects as cover design, printing, page trimming, and binding.

1450, Mainz, Germany: The first-ever printed book was "made of rags and bones, soot and seeds," lead, tin, and oak. And it changed the world forever.

Presents the steps taken by a manuscript as it is transformed into a printed book.

Describes the stages in making a book, starting with the writing of the manuscript and the drawing of the pictures, and explaining all the technical processes leading to printed and bound copies.