{"product_id":"ox-house-stick-the-history-of-our-alphabet-9781570916106","title":"Ox, House, Stick: The History of Our Alphabet","description":"Bold collage illustrations and clear prose trace the origins of our familiar letters. From the proto-Sinaitic peoples, through the Phoenicians, Greeks and Romans, this book follows the development of the Roman alphabet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIncludes sidebar information on punctuation, writing materials, the technology of printing, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDon Robb began his second career in educational publishing after seven years as a teacher. After graduating from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, where he studied history and political science, Don taught Spanish, French, and English as a second language at the high school level in Toledo, Ohio, then later at a junior high school in Hackensack, New Jersey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis first job in publishing was as a foreign language consultant for Holt, Rinehart. He went on to serve in a variety of editorial and marketing capacities there, and at Houghton Mifflin Co., where he became a vice president. He left that position to join Charlesbridge (then Mastery Education Corporation) in 1981. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDon is an avid reader and a writer. His particular interests are history--especially American history--science non-fiction, and mysteries.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Charlesbridge Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544747610386,"sku":"9781570916106","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_99c47b9b-fb94-4c1b-9ef9-c8e8a0615757.jpg?v=1731535136","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ox-house-stick-the-history-of-our-alphabet-9781570916106","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}