The best way to get an adult to read is to start when they are a child. Children's and young adult books are some of the hottest properties in the literary world. The Harry Potter series is a multi-media mega-hit, and it started as a children's book.

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Blockbuster properties like The Hunger Games grew out of a young adult series. It's All in the Pictures The first step toward reading is mixing words and pictures. Children's picture books combine bright colored pictures with words that match the image. Some are board books with rigid pages that most children find difficult to destroy. Others are made of cloth or plastic so that they can be wiped clean of whatever a child might spill on it. The one thing they all have in common is pictures, because they are the gateway to words. Not Just Fiction Not all children's books are fiction; many are non-fiction and help open the reader to the wider horizons of the world around them.

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A children's astronomy book can open young minds to the vistas of the Universe. Dinosaur books take young minds into the deep past. Other nonfiction books help children see how their ancestors lived, by telling the stories of daily life in ancient times. What About Young Adults? Young adult books are driving the fiction market; often making the leap to the silver screen.

Many of the most popular feature young heroes rising to overthrow dystopian governments. They are often shorter works featuring first person protagonists and written in present tense. They read quickly, and have captured the imaginations of millions. Read the Next Book One of the defining features of children's and young adult books is that they come in series. From Harry Potter, to Goosebumps, and even The Babysitters' Club; there are hundreds of series out there.

A good series builds anticipation for the next book, and the desire go back and fill in all the books you missed before. Some of these children's books are part of series containing as many as fifty or a hundred books, more than enough to fill someone's entire childhood.

Vintage Ibanez Guitar Catalogs - 1971 through 2007 Vintage Ibanez Guitar Catalogs - 1971 through 2007 Ibanez brand guitars are manufactured at a variety of factories in several countries under contract from the brand's owner,. The catalogs scanned and linked below represent output from the year 1971 through the present. During the 1970's and most of the 1980's, Ibanez guitars were made almost exclusively in Japan, and the majority of electric models were made at the Fujigen Gakki manufacturing plant. For a brief history of Ibanez guitars,.

A Brief History of Ibanez Guitars Note: This is a very quick history, and mostly from memory, so take it all with a grain of salt and try to verify what you can from other sources. However, every attempt has been made to provide only verifiable and true information, in an attempt to set the record straight and dispell some modern 'myths' about Ibanez model guitars. 'Lawsuit' Models, 1971 - 1976 As you will note in the earliest catalogs, Ibanez guitars were first 'copies' or 'reproductions' of guitar models originated by several American guitar manufacturers and manufacturers from other countries.

They were not forgeries, as they were never sold with misleading logos or with the intent to deceive. Ibanez models replicated such styles as the Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster and Telecaster, Rickkenbacker styles, and others. Due to their high quality, Ibanez guitars and those made under other brands, such as Greco and Aria, quickly earned a reputation around the world as quality instruments at a great value. There is a form of urban legend that circulates in the guitar community that has many variations, but usually involves either Gibson or Fender suing Ibanez, Aria, or some other Japanese manufacturer, with the intent to stop that company from manufacturing superior copies. The truth is less glamourous.

Only one company ever sued another, and it was Norlin (the owner of the Gibson brand at the time) suing Hoshino (owner of the Ibanez brand) and the suit was focused only on the 'open book' headstock shape common to Gibson guitars and replicated on the Ibanez guitars. The suit was brought in 1977, but by then Ibanez had already changed the headstock shape on its copy models, so the suit was settled out of court. No other company was ever sued by any other company.

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However, this episode has given rise to the term 'lawsuit' guitar, which is used to describe any Japanese copy guitar made in the shape of an American manufacturer's model. The Ibanez Golden Age, 1975 - 1981 Beginning about 1975, Hoshino began introducing original guitar and bass models to the market. At first, their original designs were subtle variations on the copy models. For example, the 'Custom Agent' (model 2405) was basically a Les Paul with a fancy scroll headstock, a fancy pick guard, and, yes, fancy inlays on the neck and body. The Professional model 2671 was a Les Paul with a 'vined' neck and a fancy headstock.

But soon, the overall shapes of the guitars changed, and models known as the 'Weir' (after Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead), 'Artist' and 'Musician' were introduced. By 1978, Hoshino had ceased production of all of its copy models and was truly producing 100% original designs. These guitars are not just beautiful, but are some of the best crafted guitars of all time, by any manufacturer, and represent the pinacle of guitar-making skill and quality. The Metal Years and Beyond Note: For additional information and history on Ibanez guitars, please check Wikipedia. For a great overall resource for Ibanez guitar questions, check out the website. The ICW is a gathering of Ibanez collectors who relish in the challenge of not just collecting Ibanez guitars, but of identifying old models, dating guitars by serial numbers, and generally watching the vintage guitar marketplace to understand how interest in Ibanez guitars is evolving.

Sources Original source file location: Here's are links to more catalogs. Downloadable PDF's links to DISCLAIMER: Hoshino owns the copyright to all of the catalogs scanned in here. This website has NO RELATIONSHIP with the Hoshino Gakki Group and makes no claims to ownership of the linked scans.

These catalog scans are provided solely for personal academic/research purposes, so that collectors and others who own one or more of these fantastic guitars can properly identify the model and year of manufacture.