Squiggles and Strokes Author:Laura Dargie, John Parsons Learn about the history of reading and writing--Squiggles and Strokes! All around the world, in many different languages, people have used different methods of writing and reading information. The very earliest forms of recorded information used pictures and symbols to tell a story or to pass information. Better ways of writing were soon invente... more »d, and alphabets were used to represent the sounds of different languages. For hundreds of years, everything had to be handwritten--a long, slow process for large books! Finally, the printing press was invented and, suddenly, recording and passing on information became much easier. Today, we are surrounded by writing in many different languages and for many different purposes--all which has developed from simple squiggles and strokes! Full color photos and illustrations are included.« less