Books with title How the Camel Got His Hump

This is a story from the Just So Stories collection. Here is the complete and unabridged collection of Rudyard Kipling's delightful Just So Stories, which he first told to his own children before setting them down on paper: How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Leopard Got His Spots, How the Elephant Got His Trunk, The Butterfly that Stamped, and many others. Written in the late 1800s and first published in 1902, these enchanting animals remain unforgettable, over 100 years later. To hear these magic fables by a master of children's literature is to enjoy them.

This playful tale is one of the best known of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So stories. In this one, pride and arrogance prove to be the downfall of a lazy camel. Humorously illustrated by Tim Raglin. Part of the award-winning Rabbit Ears Storybook Classics series. DVD and CD versions using the same text and illustrations feature narration by Jack Nicholson, whose reading has been called "pitch perfect" by one critic, and an original music score by Bobby McFerrin that is playful as only he can be. Ages 5 and up. Action for Children’s Television (ACT) Broadcast/Series Award. The CD is paired with "How the Rhino Got His Skin," also starring Nicholson and McFerrin. Both DVD and CD also available on Amazon.com (Disc on Demand and Audible.com.)

Original and unabridged text of Rudyard Kipling's timeless classic. With refreshingly new illustrations.If you have ever asked,"how did the camel get his hump?"If you have ever wondered, "how did the leopard get his spots?"Then you are a very special kind of curious person who will love the answers in these books.In this Just So Story we find out how the camel got his hump. Hint he was a little bit lazy!

Once upon a time, when the world was "new-and-all," Man turned to the animals for help--to the horse for carrying, the dog for fetching, the ox for plowing. But the camel refused to do a lick of work, haughtily replying "Humpf!" to all requests. The other animals complained of the inequity to the Djinn of all the Deserts, who used his powerful magic to punish the lazy camel. Rudyard Kipling's beloved story of how the camel got his hump is a comical tale of justice delivered that's filled with fanciful wordplay and illustrated with wit and great charm by the incomparable Lisbeth Zwerger.