The Implied Reader: Patterns of Communication in Kipling's Fiction for Children

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The purpose of this paper is to examine the patterns of communication
used by Kipling in his Just So Stories: For Little Children and how
children react with them. It analyses the strategies and techniques used by
Kipling to urge children to interact with the stories. The study shows that
Kipling is not only a storyteller but an illustrator and a poet who
addresses children and changes them into critical readers. The study also
proves that Kipling was so interested in the response of his little readers
that he tried to urge them to interact with his funny stories.