Henry David Thoreau and his father invented the graphite, which creates very readable text; This became standard in classrooms and is the world's first #2 pencil.

Lost and Frown!, the 2nd graphic novel in Jenny Alvarado's charming, goofy and funny graphic novels for kids, is out in May ...

Although flat and oval shaped, their first use was carpentry. The eraser was then added in 1858 by Hymen Lipman who patented the idea. Creating different hardness' to pencils was discovered by ...