There are 26 letters in the English alphabet. But how did they get there, and why do they look the way they do? Michael Rosen tackles these questions and more in his new book Alphabetical. Nobody ...
The alphabet regulates how we learn the English letters (to the tune of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”), organize books on library shelves and line up students for a graduation procession. Saying the ...
The introduction to Michael Rosen’s “Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells a Story’’ concludes with a manifesto of individualism: “The alphabet is not simply a phenomenon or a structure, it’s something ...
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