Inspired by the Endan­gered Alpha­bets project, aimed at pre­serv­ing cul­tures by shar­ing their unique scripts, author-illus­tra­tor Sam Win­ston uses writ­ing sys­tems such as cuneiform and Tibetan, Egypt­ian hiero­glyphs and ogham to illus­trate this book in his sig­na­ture typog­ra­phy-based style, using sym­bols and let­ters that have relayed the world’s sto­ries over the centuries.

“When mak­ing pic­ture books you learn, in part, how to tell the sto­ry through colour and tone. Con­trast is a beau­ti­ful way to explain things beyond what one colour alone can say. The same is true for lan­guages; the human sto­ry is only rich and com­pelling if we main­tain all the con­trast­ing ways in which we can tell it.” 

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