Del Norte Public Library

Text and photographs trace the evolution of the written word, how the alphabet grew out of pictures, the development of papermaking, bookbinding, children's books, and more.

A voyage through time from the baked clay tablets of Mesopotamia, to Johannes Gutenberg's printing to press, to the innovations in printing of the Industrial Revolution.

Text and photographs trace the evolution of the written word, how the alphabet grew out of pictures, the development of papermaking, bookbinding, children's books, and more.