Yay, Penguin Paperbacks!

by Cyndy | Posted on

It was July 1935 that the first Penguin books were published by Sir Allen Lane in England. The publication of Penguin inexpensive paperback books revolutionized publishing in the 1930s. The books sold through Woolworths and other high street stores for about the cost of a pack of cigarettes back then, bringing high-quality paperback fiction and non-fiction to the mass market. Penguin’s success sparked a paperback revolution. #penguinbooks

Sir Allen Lane, Penguin publisher.

Timeline history of Penguin Books: https://www.penguin.com/penguin-history/

Lesson Plans, Grades 3-8, that celebrate paperbacks: http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/paperback-books-were-first-20665.html

About the author

I am an elementary teacher who loves history and I want to share this love of history with other teachers by providing easy access to primary sources, artifacts, and video clips that can be used in classrooms.

The goal of History Bug is to help both teachers and students powerfully and authentically grasp how important it is to experience the knowledge, understanding, and the differing perspectives of the past, in order to be well informed and thoughtful human beings.

My name is Cyndy Tatum and I am the Admin of this page. I am a Teacher and Learning Coach (TLC) at the elementary level in a school in Colorado. I have been in education for 19 yrs. as a substitute teacher, interventionist, 5th grade teacher, and currently as a TLC, grades K-5. During these years I have seen the need for teachers to have easy access to history and social studies resources and ideas that can be implemented, not only into History and Social Studies, but also into all other content areas.

I sincerely hope that you catch the history bug and are able to pass the love of history on to your students! History and Social Studies lessons do not need to be boring and dry but can be hands-on and engaging with our students. I do hope that History Bug for Teachers will help you bring alive the historical stories of people and events of the famous and not so famous in your classrooms.

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