National Book Month | Periscope

National Book Month is observed in October. This collection celebrates books! 

Tom Feelings' Books | National Book Month
Tom Feelings' Books | National Book Month
Episode 8

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Books illustrated by Tom Feelings: Soul Looks Back in Wonder Now Sheba Sings Jambo Means Hello Moja Means One The Middle Passage Tom feelings died on August 25, 2003. Learn more about Tom feelings and...
Medieval Book Cover | National Book Month
Medieval Book Cover | National Book Month
Episode 8

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Handmade books were expensive and only very rich people could afford to buy them. Because it took so long to make one book, only a few books existed. There were no bookstores and the biggest library...
Dinah Johnson | National Book Month
Dinah Johnson | National Book Month
Episode 9

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Dinah Johnson is a children's book author and a professor of English who specializes in African-American children's literature. In Dinah Johnson's book, All Around Town, we experience the lives of...
Look Over Your Notes | National Book Month
Look Over Your Notes | National Book Month
Episode 9

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Now sit down in a quiet place and look over your notes. Do you have any questions? Your question can be based on any of your observations. Why did the butterfly go to one flower and not another? Why...
Johannes Gutenberg | National Book Month
Johannes Gutenberg | National Book Month
Episode 9

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In the middle of the 15th century, a German man named Johannes Gutenberg invented a printing press. Also, Europeans learned how to print books on paper. These two inventions made it easier to create...
Facts & Notes | National Book Month
Facts & Notes | National Book Month
Episode 10

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To answer your inquiry, you will have to find more information. Here are some ways to do more research. Visit the area you observed earlier and study it a little closer. Now that you have your...
An Early Printing Press | National Book Month
An Early Printing Press | National Book Month
Episode 10

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Printed books were much cheaper to make, so many more people bought books and learned to read. The ideas written in books spread quickly across Europe. The world was never the same once lots of people...