Books with title Selected Just So Stories

"Twelve stories about animals, insects, and other subjects include How the Camel Got His Hump. The Butterfly That Stamped, and How the Alphabet Was Made. 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 introduction by Jonathan Stroud, author of the 'Bartimaeus' trilogy, and including fun-filled endnotes."

Why does the giraffe have spotty skin? Why do melons taste just so? An insatiably curious young elephant can't stop asking questions, until one in particular gets him into worse trouble than he could have ever imagined. In “The Elephant’s Child” and two other fanciful fables, Rudyard Kipling offers whimsical explanations for the strange lives and looks of the animals he encountered as a child in India—the long-trunked elephant, the saggy-skinned rhinoceros, and the half-wild house cat.

"Just So Stories" is a collection of 12 short stories for children first published in 1902. They are fantastic stories, with that magic/legend/myth atmosphere of fairy tales, explaining things like the origin of armadillos or how the alphabet was invented. All the stories have a great deal of humour too. I remember loving these stories as a kid, and I'm sure big and small people will like them today.This edition is illustrated by the author, including drop caps. The illustrations' "captions" are delightful to read tooABOUT THE AUTHOR: Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a British Author, born in India, and worldwide famous for works like "The Jungle Book", "Kim" or the poem "If". He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1907, which made him the first English language writer to win it.

A beautiful Macmillan Classics edition of Rudyard Kipling's well-loved Just So Stories Just So Stories is a collection of Rudyard Kipling's tales about animals and their origins. Stories such as How the Whale Got His Throat, How the Leopard Got His Spots, and The Crab That Played with the Sea have been enchanting children for generations. Gloriously illustrated with the original line artwork, with a specially commissioned foreword and a ribbon marker, this beautiful hardback Macmillan Classics edition of Just So Stories, which was first published by Macmillan in 1902, is a truly special gift to treasure.

The stories, first published in 1902, are pourquoi (French for "why") or origin stories, fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is Kipling's "How Fear Came," included in his The Second Jungle Book (1895). In it, Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger got his stripes. The Just So Stories typically have the theme of a particular animal being modified from an original form to its current form by the acts of man, or some magical being. For example, the Whale has a tiny throat because he swallowed a mariner, who tied a raft inside to block the whale from swallowing other men. The Camel has a hump given to him by a djinn as punishment for the camel's refusing to work (the hump allows the camel to work longer between times of eating). The Leopard's spots were painted by an Ethiopian (after the Ethiopian painted himself black). The Kangaroo gets its powerful hind legs, long tail, and hopping gait after being chased all day by a dingo, sent by a minor god responding to the Kangaroo's request to be made different from all other animals. Kipling illustrated the original editions of the Just So Stories. Other illustrators of the book include Joseph M. Gleeson.

"Just So Stories" is a collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Considered a classic of children's literature, the book is among Kipling's best known works.Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to his daughter Josephine. These had to be told "just so" (exactly in the words she was used to) or she would complain. The stories describe how one animal or another acquired its most distinctive features, such as how the leopard got his spots. For the book, Kipling illustrated the stories himself.The stories have appeared in a variety of adaptations including a musical and animated films.Just so Stories:- How the Whale Got His Throat- How the Camel Got His Hump- How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin- How the Leopard Got His Spots- The Elephant's Child- The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo- The Beginning of the Armadillos- How the First Letter Was Written- How the Alphabet Was Made- The Crab That Played with the Sea- The Cat That Walked by Himself- The Butterfly That Stamped

- Beautifully illustrated with atmospheric paintings by renowned artists, Just So Stories is Kipling's delightful collection of tales that provide entertaining explanations of how certain animals were created. Favorites include 'How the Elephant got his Trunk' and The Butterfly that Stamped'. - Just as accessible and enjoyable for today's readers as they would have been when first published over a century ago, the children's stories are among the great works of English literature and continue to be widely read throughout the world.- This meticulous digital edition from Heritage Illustrated Publishing is a faithful reproduction of the original text.

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 brings together the complete and unabridged text (including the 13th story, "The Tabu Tale," often excluded from modern publications).

Just So Stories for Little Children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Considered a classic of children's literature, the book is among Kipling's best known works. Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to his daughter Josephine. These had to be told "just so" (exactly in the words she was used to) or she would complain. The stories describe how one animal or another acquired its most distinctive features, such as how the leopard got his spots. For the book, Kipling illustrated the stories himself. (Excerpt from Wikipedia)