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 in this book for children aged 7-9.

Marvellous Messages will teach you 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!

This communication book for children offers:



Content written by award-winning actress Rose Ayling-Ellis a longstanding pioneer for the deaf community.
Timelines of five world-changing inventions and how they shaped the evolution of communication.
Bright illustrations on every page that take children through time and even into space.


Cross continents, traverse time and discover the very special gift of communication. Interwoven throughout the journey are fascinating timelines of inventions that changed the world, from how sign language began in the 1500s to how bees communicate with one another. This is the ideal book for children curious about how language and communication work.

Illustrated by: Lena Addink