L970 From Tablets to Texting Bundle

“It took many centuries to get from tablets to texting…and back to tablets.” So states the author of From Tablets to Texting. In a series of nonfiction articles, readers will learn about the Sumerians and their use of cuneiform,the writing of Hammurabi’s Code, and the Egyptian development of hieroglyphics. The articles on early writing are juxtoposed with the diary entries of a middle school girl who over time makes the connection between early writing and our modern use of tablets and texting.