First of all this book might be what you are looking for as an informational book. This book really gives the history and only a couple of hieroglyphs. I mean you can learn a lot of history and not a lot of hieroglyphs if that is what you want. Really this is not a good book in gerneral at all if all you want to is learn hieroglyhps.

This book is a simple introduction to the fundamentals of hieroglyphics. The alphabet, the numbers, and some other simbols are translated and shown with pronunciations. Included is a short introduction to the history of the study of hieroglyphics. This is not a dictionary, but can teach you to read and write names. Good for young readers.