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"Fans of Kipling's work will appreciate the new look and newcomers to the classic stories will be taken in by the bold artwork and approachable trim size." -- Publishers Weekly

Just So Stories -Illustrated is Rudyard Kipling's classic collection of imaginative animal origin tales, explaining how the whale, camel, rhinoceros, leopard, elephant, and other creatures came to be as they are. Written in Kipling's famously rhythmic, playful... Read Full Overview

First published in 1902, "Just So Stories" is Rudyard Kipling's classic collection of animal fables and poetry. This collection grew out of nighttime story-telling between Rudyard and his daughter Josephine. The peculiar name is drawn from her insistence that these tales, which... Read Full Overview

How did the camel get his hump? How did the leopard get his spots? How did the elephant get his trunk? These are questions that children around the world have asked for centuries, but it took Nobel Prize winner Rudyard Kipling's lively, hilarious stories to give them answers... Read Full Overview

A nice edition with 75 illustrations.

Just So Stories is a 1902 collection of original stories. Considered a classic of children's literature, the book is among Kipling's best known works. Kipling began working on the book... Read Full Overview

The delightful tales of whales and cats and kangaroos and crabs - everything from how the camel got in a humph (and got his hump ) to how the alphabet was invented. Enchanting and funny, these fantastical stories continue to delight each and every generation. With an inspiring... Read Full Overview

Fanciful explanations, that delight both young and old, of how some curious things came to be, including stories of how the elephant got his trunk, how the camel got his hump, and how the alphabet was invented. Suitable for ages 6 and up.

Rudyard Kipling was a prolific English writer who is widely considered to be one of the greatest authors in all of literature. Kipling wrote classics in many genres including the Jungle Books, Just So Stories, Kim, and The Man Who Would Be King. Just So Stories is a collection... Read Full Overview

Rudyard Kipling told his children gloriously fanciful tales of how things in the world came to be as they are. These magical and timeless tales have been retold for over a century, and his imagination and writing continue to enthrall and entertain children and families the... Read Full Overview

Las grandes obras de la literatura infantil y juvenil que no pueden faltar en ninguna biblioteca. ¿Sabes cómo consiguió su trompa el elefante o cómo se creó el alfabeto? ¿Y cómo crees que obtuvo sus manchas el leopardo? Descubre todas las respuestas en este libro lleno de historias... Read Full Overview

Just So Stories is a 1902 collection of stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Considered a classic of children's literature, the book is among Kipling's best known works. These are some of the stories Kipling made up for his children. They are called 'Just So' because... Read Full Overview

These witty stories were originally told by Rudyard Kipling to his own children. In them he gives fanciful accounts of how and why things came to be as they are. Generations of children have delighted to learn how the Leopard got his spots, how the Elephant's Child on the banks... Read Full Overview

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Among Kipling's best known works. Just So Stories for Little Children is a collection of Fantasy Stories written by the British author Rudyardm Kipling. They account for the differences among animals, they are Origin Stories, fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about... Read Full Overview

How did the whale get his throat? Why was the lazy camel lumbered with a hump? And how did the elephant's insatiable curiosity earn him a trunk? Conjuring up distant lands and exotic jungles, these imaginative tales are bewitching for both children and adults. This new edition... Read Full Overview