Welcome to Bedtime History. Hello, this is Breck.

I'm super excited to announce Bedtime History's very first novel.

It's a fast-paced time travel adventure about two teen agents who work for a secret organization that protects history.

Their mission is to stop a mysterious enemy from changing the past and messing up the future.

Along the way they visit iconic locations, meet famous adventers, and learn why these moments in history matter.

It's packed with action, curiosity, and imagination, perfect for kids who

love adventure and discovering how the world was shaped. The book is now available on Amazon

as both an e-book and print book. Just search Explorer Society, World's Fair Conspiracy, or

check the show notes of my latest episodes for a direct link. I'd love for you to check it out,

and all proceeds

go to supporting bedtime history. Imagine holding a pen and writing your name. You know each letter,

you know how to sound it out. But have you ever wondered where those letters came from?

Who invented them? And how did people learn to read and write in the first place?

Long ago, there was no alphabet. People still needed to communicate, especially when they were far apart.

So they began with pictures. Thousands of years ago, in places like Mesopotamia and Egypt, people used picture writing. These

pictures stood for things, ideas, or sounds. In Mesopotamia, the writing was called

cuneiform, made with wedge-shaped marks pressed into clay. In Egypt, the writing was called hieroglyphs,

with colorful pictures of birds, eyes, snakes,

and people carved or painted on walls and scrolls.

These early writing systems were amazing, but they were also complicated.

A single system could have hundreds of symbols, and each one had to be memorized.

Only trained scribes could read and write. Most people could not.

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