Writing: A Fact and Fun Book

by Amanda Lewis

The written word is the most powerful tool there is. Writing: A Fact and Fun Book traces the development of writing from pictograms on cave walls to Gutenberg's revolutionary printing press, to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550740520
• ISBN13: 9781550740523
• Release Date: June 1992
• Publisher: Kids Can Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 9.5"
• Age Range: 8 to 13 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 8

Customer Reviews

Stunning!

If you are a teacher or parent of children from age 7 up (or an adult!), and love to learn through hands-on projects...this book is an absolute MUST. I have been recommending it to my teachers (and using it myself) since the ink was first dry---many years ago. I have not found a book even to compare with this one in content, approach, or style. It not only gives the HISTORY of writing, there are a zillion hands-on projects! You want to make your own paper? Write your own book? MAKE your own book? Learn where calligraphy originated...and how to do it? It goes on and on and on. It's easy and fun, and uses around-the-house items, nothing expensive. The drawings are beautiful, the layout complements the text and is easy to read and follow, the information is well researched and presented. I just LOVE this book. My profession? A mother many times over, and a handwriting expert...