Most Click-age kids won’t be able to read this alphabet-history book on their own, but the entertaining descriptions, clearly written explanations, and appealing illustrations will captivate students interested in the development of our alphabet. A brief history of each letter explains, for example, how the ox, house, and stick mentioned in the book’s title became our A, B, and C; and intriguing topics such as the lack of vowel letters in early alphabets and the back-and-forth writing used by the ancient Greeks are treated in short, engaging sidebars.