How the Alphabet Was Made
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"How the Alphabet Was Made" is a short story by Rudyard Kipling, included in his "Just So Stories" collection, that whimsically imagines the origins of written letters through a tale about a father and daughter inventing an alphabet.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
children's story
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short story ⓘ |
| author | Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorNationality | British ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
communication
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creativity ⓘ invention of writing ⓘ origin of the alphabet ⓘ |
| collectionType | part of a short story cycle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresRelationship | father and daughter ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1902 ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
children's literature
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fantasy ⓘ mythic fiction ⓘ |
| hasEducationalUse |
introducing narrative structure to children
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teaching about alphabets ⓘ |
| hasImaginedExplanationFor | development of written symbols ⓘ |
| hasMoralElement | yes ⓘ |
| hasRecurringPhrase | Just so ⓘ |
| hasTargetReadingLevel | early readers ⓘ |
| illustrator | Rudyard Kipling NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includedIn | Just So Stories: For Little Children NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | children ⓘ |
| isFrequentlyAnthologizedIn | children's story anthologies ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Edwardian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Taffy
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tegumai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeDevice | whimsical origin story ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
didactic
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humorous ⓘ |
| originalCollectionPublicationYear | 1902 ⓘ |
| originalMedium | print ⓘ |
| partOf | Just So Stories NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstBookCollection | Macmillan & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
How the First Letter Was Written
NERFINISHED
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The Cat That Walked by Himself NERFINISHED ⓘ The Elephant's Child NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | mythic prehistoric time ⓘ |
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