How the Alphabet Was Made
| First published | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
| Series | Just So Stories |
Notes
This story, alone among 12 stories collected in the Just So Stories for Little Children (1902), was not published elsewhere. Each of the others appeared in a US or UK monthly magazine from December 1897 to October 1902.
--per Martindell, A Bibliography of the Works of Rudyard Kipling (1922) via books.google.com
Publications (35)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | Just So Stories for Little Children | George N. Morang | Collection | 145 | |
| September 1902 |
|
Just So Stories for Little Children | Macmillan and Co. | Collection | 145 |
| September 1902 | Just So Stories for Little Children | Doubleday, Page & Company | Collection | 145 | |
| 1912 |
|
Just So Stories | Doubleday, Page & Company | Collection | 145 |
| 1965 | Just So Stories for Little Children | Schocken Books | Collection | |9 | |
| 1972 |
|
How the Alphabet Was Made / How the First Letter Was Written / The Crab That Played with the Sea: Three Just So Stories | Caedmon | Collection | |1 |
| 1975 | Just So Stories for Little Children | Schocken Books | Collection | 145 | |
| September 1993 |
|
The Complete Just So Stories | Little, Brown | Collection | |9 |
| October 1993 |
|
The Complete Just So Stories | Viking | Collection | |9 |
| 1994 |
|
Just So Stories | Puffin | Collection | 119 |
| 1994 |
|
Just So Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 93 |
| 2004 |
|
Just So Stories | Puffin | Collection | 119 |
| December 2006 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |9 |
| June 2007 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |9 |
| 2008 |
|
Just So Stories | Puffin | Collection | 119 |
| May 2009 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |9 |
| December 2009 |
|
Just So Stories | Transaction Large Print | Collection | |
| April 2010 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |9 |
| May 2010 | Just So Stories | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| October 2010 |
|
Just So Stories | Vintage Digital | Collection | |
| October 2011 |
|
Just So Stories | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| September 2012 |
|
Just So Stories | Collins | Collection | |
| September 2012 |
|
Just So Stories | Collins | Collection | |
| January 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |9 |
| June 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | Vintage Digital | Collection | |
| July 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | Abela Publishing | Collection | |
| September 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | Templar Publishing | Collection | |
| September 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | Vintage (UK) | Collection | 141|9 |
| November 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | Palazzo Editions | Collection | |
| November 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | Heritage / Egmont | Collection | |
| July 2015 |
|
Just So Stories | Egmont Books | Collection | |
| August 2016 |
|
Just So Stories | Macmillan UK | Collection | |
| August 2016 |
|
Just So Stories | Macmillan UK | Collection | |
| September 2016 |
|
Just So Stories | Racehorse for Young Readers | Collection | |
| September 2016 |
|
Just So Stories | Pan Books | Collection |