Just So Stories

Originally told by Rudyard Kipling to his children at bedtime, this compendium of witty tales imagines how animals came to be as they are now. Discover how the massive whale got a tiny throat by swallowing a mariner, how the lazy camel got a hump so that he had no excuse not to work, and why the leopard's spots were painted on.
Kipling's imagination runs wild as he creates charming origin stories that still enchant and delight children to this day. This edition features Kipling's iconic original illustrations.

About the author

Rudyard Kipling, illustrated by Rudyard Kipling

Summary

New edition of one of the greatest children's classics of English literature. It includes extra material for young readers.

Foreword

Originally told by Kipling to his own children, these delightful tales are beautifully illustrated in black and white by the author himself. Part of the Alma Junior classics series, this edition contains extra material for young readers.

Additional text

Kipling has an Aesopian understanding of animals, of our dealings with them and our curious interrelatedness, interdependence, how we can learn about our own strange behaviour.

Report

Kipling has an Aesopian understanding of animals, of our dealings with them and our curious interrelatedness, interdependence, how we can learn about our own strange behaviour. Michael Morpurgo

Product details

• Authors: Rudyard Kipling
• Assisted by: Rudyard Kipling (Illustration)
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 9 to 11
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 23.03.2017
• EAN: 9781847496379
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-637-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 10 mm
• Series: Alma Junior Classics
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Children's books up to 11 years of age; JUVENILE FICTION / Animals / General, Classic fiction (Children's / Teenage)