Can someone recommend a good book that can explain chinese characters and how they came to have their meaning My mind is so literal that I think it would help me to understand  and memorize the characters and their meaning. I recently found on this site an explanation for the difference between sun and speech. It included pictograms and explanations.  With all that detail I will never forget it.

I am perhaps intermediate level.  I studied intensely in college for two semesters before heading to Beijing where I lived for a year. That was in the late 90's.  Unfortunately I haven't had the time to use it or study it since.  Now that I am quarantined I can go back to this language that I love to learn. 

I just want some help learning. Some tools to help me remember.
this one talked about the early chinese characters from ancient inscription, in english:

early chinese writing, by frank herring chalfont

though it was printed in 1906, imo, the info is precise &amp; correct; most important, it’s a free download, provided you’re not in “you-know-where”