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You wouldn't want to live without writing! / written by Roger Canavan ; illustrated by Mark Bergin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: You wouldn't want to--Publisher: New York : Franklin Watts an imprint of Scholastic Inc., [2016]Edition: Library editionDescription: 32, [4] pages : color illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780531219300 (library binding)
  • 0531219305 (library binding)
  • 9780531220542 (paperback)
  • 0531220540 (paperback)
Other title:
  • You would not want to live without writing
Subject(s):
Contents:
Why do we need writing, anyway? -- Who first decided to write? -- How do you get from A to B? -- Hey! What happened to the letters? -- Who knows their ABCs? -- What happened to those quill pens? -- Can you get by without writing? -- Can writing mean more than words? -- Is the pen mightier than the sword? -- Can we always read what's in front of us? -- Can people write without words? -- What's in store for the future?.
Summary: Writing is one of the most important inventions in the history of the human species, enabling people to communicate and transmit knowledge across vast distances in space and time. This books tells the story of writing, how it developed in ancient civilizations, and its many manifestations from printing presses to texting.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 302.2244 C213 Available 33111008129674
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 302.2244 C213 Available 33111008333623
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

What if writing never existed?It is so integral to our everyday lives that you probably never stop to think. What would it be like to live in a world without writing? It's all around us, in the text we get from a friend, the homework we have to do after school, and our favorite book that we read at night. Like it or loathe it, writing is essential to how we communicate with each other on a daily basis. But what did people do before we developed the ability to read and write? This book in the new You Wouldn't Want to Live Without series describes, in entertaining words and pictures, how we communicated before writing, why writing is so important, who first decided to write-and whether we could get by without writing.

Includes index.

Writing is one of the most important inventions in the history of the human species, enabling people to communicate and transmit knowledge across vast distances in space and time. This books tells the story of writing, how it developed in ancient civilizations, and its many manifestations from printing presses to texting.

Why do we need writing, anyway? -- Who first decided to write? -- How do you get from A to B? -- Hey! What happened to the letters? -- Who knows their ABCs? -- What happened to those quill pens? -- Can you get by without writing? -- Can writing mean more than words? -- Is the pen mightier than the sword? -- Can we always read what's in front of us? -- Can people write without words? -- What's in store for the future?.

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