Did You Know...Fascinating Printing Facts

Did you know... Portable printing presses were used on the battlefields during the Civil War? These small, mobile presses allowed soldiers to set up print shops on the battlefield.

Did you know... You may be committing a crime if you sell or lend someone a children's book that was printed before 1985? In 2008, Congress passed the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act, and one of the laws enacted prohibited the sale or lending of children's books printed prior to 1985—unless the ink is tested for lead. Unfortunately, tests that analyze older books for traces of lead are expensive, forcing libraries and used-book retailers to dispose of old children's books rather than have them tested.