Bibliograph

Books! books! books!, explore the amazing collection of the British Library, Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom

Type

Label

Books! books! books!, explore the amazing collection of the British Library, Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 8 to 12

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 3 to 7

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Books! books! books!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1002127621

Responsibility statement

Mick Manning & Brita Granstrom

Sub title

explore the amazing collection of the British Library

Summary

Shares the stories behind some of the British Library's rarest and most valuable books, including a giant atlas that requires six people to lift it, Shakespeare folios kept in a bomb-proof room, and a prayer volume carried by a queen to her execution

Table Of Contents

Welcome -- The St. Cuthbert Gospel -- The Lindisfarne Gospels -- Beowulf -- The Magna Carta -- The Canterbury Tales -- The Klencke Atlas -- Lady Jane Grey's Prayer Book -- William Shakespeare -- Cookbooks -- Medical books -- Jane Austen -- the Brontë Sisters -- The Brothers Grimm -- Charles Dickens -- Leonardo da Vinci -- Oliver Goldsmith -- Charles Darwin -- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland -- Newspapers-The Times -- Sheet music-George Frideric Handel -- Sherlock Holmes -- More about the British Library

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification