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January 6, 2021 05:35 pm GMT
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2021/01/06/new-rare-book-catalogue-features-a-soviet-space-race-picture-book-with-backyard-built-rocket.html
New rare book catalogue features a Soviet Space Race picture book with backyard-built rocket
As a rare book dealer and specialist in the history of the book, I view printed texts as historical artifacts, holding material clues to the past. When it comes to children's books, we tend to see them as a reflection of their target readers, but they more often convey the hopes and anxieties of the adults who created them. — Read the rest
Original Link: https://boingboing.net/2021/01/06/new-rare-book-catalogue-features-a-soviet-space-race-picture-book-with-backyard-built-rocket.html
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