Carta de ABC, de Antonio Maria Barker (livraria Commercial, Pelotas, 1924)

The main goal of this article is to present and analyze a specific printed booklet aimed at teaching reading and writing, entitled Carta de ABC, which was written by Portuguese author Antonio Maria Barker. The booklet was published and sold by Livraria Commercial, a publishing house and bookstore from Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, in 1924. It presents the alphabet, syllables, words, and phrases (moral maxims) in eight “Cartas” (“Letters”). Progressively and gradually, those texts presented the art of reading and writing to beginner learners, through a sequence from letters to words. Research data indicates this learning artifact was used both in schools and at homes.