The Horn Book Guide

BIOGRAPHIES

Feinstein, Stephen

Johannes Gutenberg: The Printer Who Gave Words to the World

128 pp. | Enslow/Links.com | July, 2008 | Library ISBN 978-1-59845-077-4 $33.27

(4) YA Inventors Who Changed the World series. Crowded with photographs, diagrams, drawings, and artifacts, this biography covers not only Gutenberg's life and career but also the times in which he lived and the history of printing. The writing, though wordy, is easy to understand and explains the printing press in detail. Some readers will appreciate the publisher's enhanced website when it comes time to do their school reports. Reading list, timeline. Glos., ind.

Reviewer: Cyrisse Jaffee