From the Good Mountain : How Gutenberg Changed the World
Publishers Weekly Rumford frames this expressive introduction to Gutenberg and his revolutionary printing press as a riddle, describing a "mysterious" object that arrived in the city of Mainz, Germany, around 1450. "It was made of rags and bones, soot and seeds…. What was it?" Subsequent pages concisely describe the processes by which paper, leather, and […]
Calabash Cat
Calabash Cat, and His Amazing Journey
School Library Journal Review: PreS-Gr 3-Similar in mood and style to Rumford's Traveling Man (Houghton, 2001), this creative offering is geared to a younger audience. Calabash Cat sets out to discover where the world ends. Each time he thinks that he has found his destination, another animal happens along and takes him farther. Riding a […]