Books are our friends and teachers

should be few but good

learn many things

teach people to live

help pupils with the lessons

two main groups: fiction and non-fiction

made-up stories, non-fiction books

books that give facts

three main groups

Printing played a very important role

were many thousands of public libraries

were written by hand and few copies were maid

many people had copies of books

not a very important role in culture, science and literature

to help people to find a book

football, volleyball and basketball

a very important role in culture, science and literature

ready to help people to find a book

can't find a book

copies books

reads books

many books

many copies

many reading rooms

many sleeping rooms