How did the printing press help in collecting children as its new readership?
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What kind of printing material was printed for the children?
Answer:
- Primary education had become compulsory from the late 19th century.
- Publishing industry started production of school textbooks.
- A children press was set up in France in 1857.
- The Grimm brothers in Germany spent years compiling traditional folk tales.
- Anything that was considered unsuitable for children was not published.
- Old fairy tales and folktales were written.