"Takes a look at the journey of a book, and examines where the ideas come from, how the author writes a book, the role of a publisher, how a book is illustrated, how the book is printed and sold, and finally, how it is read"--Provided by publisher.
Explains how various simple printing machines work and how to make printed items such as stationery, bookmarks, and newspapers using clip art, lettering, and other printcraft processes.
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.
After printing the "Wanted" posters for some of London's most notorious inhabitants, a printer's boy is entangled, by a genuine convict, in a series of mistaken identities and events leading back to the boy's own mysterious past.
