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  • Just So Stories

    Rudyard Kipling, Franca Classics

    eBook (Franca Classics, March 12, 2017)
    [THIS KINDLE BOOK QUALITY IS GUARANTEED: It has been expanded with a bonus feature.]The Just So Stories for Little Children are a collection written by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Highly fantasised origin stories, especially for differences among animals, they are among Kipling's best known works.BONUS :• Just So Stories Presentation.• Just So Stories Audiobook.• Illustrations about Just So Stories.• Biography of Rudyard Kipling.
  • Just So Stories

    Rudyard Kipling

    eBook (Rediscovered Books, Dec. 19, 2014)
    These stories, first published in 1902, are pourquoi stories: fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is "How Fear Came" in The Second Jungle Book (1895), in which Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger got his stripes.
  • Just So Stories

    Rudyard Kipling

    Hardcover (Weathervane Books, Aug. 5, 1978)
    Kipling's own drawings, with their long, funny captions, illustrate his hilarious explanations of How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, How the Armadillo Happened, and other animal How's. He began inventing these stories in his American wife's hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont, to amuse his eldest daughter--and they have served ever since as a source of laughter for children everywhere.
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  • Just So Stories

    Rudyard Kipling, Flo Gibson (Narrator)

    Audio CD (Audio Book Contractors, LLC, Nov. 5, 2008)
    'How the Whale Got his Throat', 'The Elephant's Child', 'How the Leopard Got His Spots', 'How the Alphabet Was Made' and 'The Butterfly That Stamped' are just a few of these enchanting tales of the dawn of the world. (Four CDs)
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  • Just So Stories

    Rudyard Kipling

    language (Alma Books, June 29, 2017)
    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 SERIES: Alma Junior Classics series of illustrated classics includes some of the greatest books ever written for younger readers and new translations of unjustly neglected international works. Our aim is to give our list an international feel and offer young readers to opportunity to connect with other cultures and literatures – this applies not only to the titles we chose but also to the illustrators we commission – so that we can bring a bit of novelty into the canon of British children's literature. All children's classics contain extra material for young readers, including a profile of the author, a section on the book, a list of characters, a glossary and a test-yourself quiz.
  • Just So Stories

    Rudyard Kipling

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, )
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  • Just so Stories

    Rudyard Kipling

    eBook (Racehorse, Jan. 2, 2016)
    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.
  • Just So Stories

    Carl Reiner, Rudyard Kipling

    Audio CD (Phoenix Audio, May 1, 2009)
    Over 100 years ago, Kipling brought the children of the world Just So Stories--his fanciful tales of the peculiar and exotic. Tales like How the Leopard Got His Spots and The Elephant's Child answer questions only children would ask and answer them in a way only children would believe. Kipling very much inteded his Just So Stories to be read aloud--and no noe does it better than Carl Reiner as he brings each original story to life. A superbly amusing and entertaining experience, Kipling's Just So Stories will delight both young and old alike.
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  • Just so Stories

    Rudyard Kipling

    eBook
    The stories, first published in 1902, are pourquoi stories, fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is "How Fear Came" in The Second Jungle Book (1895), in which Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger got his stripes.
  • Just so Stories

    Rudyard Kipling

    eBook (Racehorse, May 14, 2017)
    The stories, first published in 1902, are pourquoi stories, fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is "How Fear Came" in The Second Jungle Book (1895), in which Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger got his stripes.
  • Just So & Other Stories

    Rudyard Kipling, Judith John

    Hardcover (Flame Tree Collectable Classics, March 15, 2020)
    The FLAME TREE COLLECTABLE CLASSICS are chosen to create a delightful and timeless home library. Each stunning edition features deluxe cover treatments, ribbon markers, luxury endpapers and gilded edges. The unabridged text is accompanied by a Glossary of Victorian and Literary terms produced for the modern reader.Among Rudyard Kipling’s best known works, Just So Stories is a collection of stories for children that began as bedtime stories that Kipling told to his daughter. Each one is an imaginative and joyful explanation of an origin – for example, one story is ‘How the Camel Got His Hump’ and another is ‘How the Leopard Got His Spots’. There are also stories explaining how the alphabet came to be, why the tides ebb and flow and how man domesticated wild animals. It was published to high praise and has since become a children’s classic, loved by many.
  • Just So Stories

    Rudyard Kipling, Janet Taylor Lisle

    Paperback (Aladdin, June 1, 2002)
    One of the world's greatest storytellers weaves together an unforgettable collection of animal tales, including how the camel got its hump, how the leopard got its spots, and how even a butterfly stamping his leg can change a man's life. Initially written for his own "best beloved," Just So Stories was published in 1902. It has been a favorite for the past century and is certain to be cherished by generations to come.
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