Alphabetical
How Every Letter Tells a Story
$31.44
- Paperback
448 pages
- Release Date
8 July 2014
Summary
From minding your Ps and Qs to wondering why X should mark the spot, Alphabetical is a book for everyone who loves words and language. Whether it’s how letters are arranged on keyboards or Viking runes, textspeak or zip codes, this book will change the way you think about letters for ever.
How on Earth did we fix upon our twenty-six letters, what do they really mean, and how did we come to write them down in the first place? Michael Rosen takes you on an unforgettable adventu…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781848548886 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1848548885 |
| Author: | Michael Rosen |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 448 |
| Release Date: | 8 July 2014 |
| Weight: | 310g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 131mm x 31mm |
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Critics Review
Enjoyable history of the alphabet
Enjoyable history of the alphabet - The Times
Substantial and engaging - GuardianForget party crackers - when you settle down to the turkey and trimmings this year simply make sure you have this book to hand. There’s even a chapter devoted to family friendly alphabet games: perfect for playing after the Queen’s been on. That letters can and should be fun, not just functional, is one of the main messages of this book - Sunday TelegraphThe perfect book for anyone who relishes the intricacies of language and letters … [Rosen] reveals a gift for seamlessly meshing hard information, personal anecdote, jokes and puzzles with educational, cultural and linguistic questions and wry, pointed, observations … There are delights in this book for all ages - AustralianAbout The Author
Michael Rosen
Michael Rosen was born in 1946 in North London and read English at Oxford. He is a former Children’s Laureate and is the bestselling author of We’re Going on a Bear Hunt, which won the Smarties Best Book of the Year Award, and many other books. He presents Word of Mouth on BBC Radio 4. This is the book he has always wanted to write.
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