KADO NATAL The Story of Writting

The fascinating story of the written word -- from how it all began to the age of the Internet.
The Story of Writing is the compelling story of how writing was invented, how it developed over the centuries, how it has changed people's lives overtime -- and what it means to us now.
The book features sections on:
Why people write
How writing began in different parts of the world
How climate and available materials affected the forms of writing
Who wrote, and why -- with quotations from ancient sources
The spread of literacy
The invention of the printing press and its effect on communication
The emergence of the Internet, e-mail and text messaging.
Valuable sidebars -- "Find Out More" and "You Are There" -- encourage the reader to explore new topics and engage the imagination with real-life descriptions of people and how they wrote.
With more than 100 photographs of artifacts and documents from the collection of the British Museum, The Story of Writing is a fascinating history and a remarkable reference.
From Booklist
This attractive, picture-book-size introduction to the history of the Roman alphabet tries for an interactive approach. Beginning sections about early civilizations’ alphabets, starting with Sumerian cuneiforms, include a you-are-there narrative, which encourages readers to imagine themselves in each time period. Later spreads cover European illuminated manuscripts and the development of printing technology. A final section about Chinese characters is welcome but feels somewhat tacked on to what is primarily a survey of Western language. Numerous carefully chosen color photos of artifacts on each page greatly enhance the book’s appeal. Students may find the examples of a Sumerian student’s practice tablet, essentially an ancient worksheet, or an Egyptian scroll with a teacher’s corrections visible, particularly easy to relate to. A glossary, a map of locations where the alphabets originated, and examples of present-day alphabets around the globe conclude this accessible title, which will partner well with Don Robb’s Ox, House, Stick: The History of Our Alphabet (2007). Grades 4-7. --Gillian Engberg
Review
Numerous carefully chosen color photos of artifacts on each page greatly enhance the book's appeal. Students may find the examples of a Sumerian students' practice tablet ... with a teacher's corrections visible, particularly easy to relate to. (Gillian Engberg Booklist)
Hardcover48 pages
ISBN-10 1554073065
ISBN-13 978-1554073061
Customer Reviews5.0 out of 5 stars
Publisher Firefly Books