Johannes Gutenberg spent his days shut away, working on a mysterious
project. His neighbors wondered what he was doing in his metal shop. Why
did he need so much money? Was he making expensive gold jewelry?
Weapons? Armor? What project could possibly take up so many hours of
Johannes's time? And how did his invention change the world?
This unabridged reading by Jim Weiss of the book is 29 minutes on one
audio CD, giving second-grade readers insight into the life of this
explorer.
About the series: The classical curriculum introduces even the
youngest student to the pleasures of true learning. Elementary students
learn history not through predigested textbooks with multiple-choice
answers, but through reading the stories of history. Unfortunately,
biographies of great men and women of the past are almost all written
for older students, limiting the ability of young students to explore
history through reading. Libraries are crammed with biographies written
for high school students and adults--while beginning readers are
provided with a shelf full of junior-level books about football players,
NASCAR drivers, and movie stars.
Now, Peace Hill Press puts real history back into the grasp of the
youngest historians with the Who in the World Biography Series. The
entries in the series provide young readers and their parents and
teachers with biographies of great men and women of the Middle Ages.
Designed to be used as part of The Story of the World curriculum,
these biographies give beginning historians in grades 2-4 a chance to
explore beyond the textbook. The accompanying book is also available
separately.
