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Marvellous Messages: The Amazing Story of Communication

Colourful book cover titled "Marvellous Messages" by Rose Ayling-Ellis, depicting various communication tools and animals. The background is bright with illustrations of a typewriter, scroll, satellites, and planets, with two birds in flight. The artwork is whimsical and engaging.
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Join Rose Ayling-Ellis, her cool cat Halo, and their magical tour guide, Perky the Pigeon on a time-travelling, globetrotting adventure to explore the story of communication as never before. Discover ancient language and decipher secret codes on a journey through time, and learn about all the different ways we can send, or receive, a message.

With Perky, the expert tour guide, explore the beginnings of language, the first hieroglyphic ’emojis’ and even communication in the animal kingdom!

Interspersed throughout the journey are Messaging Milestones: fascinating timelines of inventions that changed the world, and Rose’s Superstars: a celebration of inspirational heroes, both past and present, from the deaf world – including movie star Millicent Simmonds and stuntwoman Kitty O’Neil. Cross continents, traverse time and discover the very special gift of communication.

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