How Writing Began (Reading and Writing)

Grade 5–7—Drawing pictures to convey ideas, writing letters to form an alphabet, and inventing ways to share writing with others are the main ideas of these brief titles. The fact-packed pages will help students to understand the complicated process of creating the written word, and unfamiliar ancient history that is rarely discussed brings new ideas about writing. Excellent photographs of ancient and modern forms of writing help readers to comprehend the information. Maps are beneficial when discussing geographic areas, but many are small and hard to navigate. Illustrations are fair when compared to the photographs, and students will not learn much from them. Each spread is filled with the right balance of text and images. The writing is clear but somewhat dry, making these books additional purchases for large language-history collections.—Rachel Artley, Watertown Elementary School, TN
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