Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story

by	Michael Rosen

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Weight	0.31 kg
Dimensions	3.1 × 13.1 × 19.7 cm
by	Michael Rosen
Format	Paperback
Language	English
Pages	448
Publisher	John Murray Press
Year Published	2014-4-24
Imprint	John Murray
Publication City/Country	London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10	1848548885
About The Author	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.
	[Michael Rosen's] beguiling journey through the alphabet will entrance anyone interested in the quirks of language and its history . . . Rosen has written a charming and thought-provoking book about what written language represents, how we use it, and the joys and mysteries therein. His humor and obvious love for his subject are winning elements
Other text	From Alphabets to Zipcodes, the surprising story of our 26 letters from million-selling author and Radio 4 language expert, Michael Rosen.