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Author Robb, Don.

Title Ox, house, stick : the history of our alphabet / Don Robb ; illustrated by Anne Smith.

Imprint Watertown, Mass. : Charlesbridge, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Non-Fiction  J 428.1 Rob    ---  Available
Description 48 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 28 cm.
Indexed In: Bklst 08/01/2007
SLJ Aug 2007
Kirkus 06/15/2007
BCCB Recommended
Horn Bk Nov 2007
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 46-47) and index.
Summary Presents the origins of each letter of the English alphabet, from the pictorial drawings of the ancient Egyptians, through the changes to script by trading Phoenicians to the final classical letters of the Greeks and Romans.
Subject English language -- Alphabet.
Added Author Smith, Anne, 1958- ill.
ISBN 9781570916090 (lib. bdg.)
1570916098 (lib. bdg.)

 
    
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