Description
About The Book
The fables in Just So Stories were first narrated by Kipling to an audience of his own children. In theme and subject matter, they range from animals and insects to the origins of the alphabet. “How the Leopard got his Spots,” “How the Rhinoceros got his Skin” and “How the Camel got his Hump” are some of the most famous tales of this collection, which has endeared itself to generations of young readers.
About The Author
Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was a poet, short-story writer, journalist and one of the best chroniclers of the British colonial experience in India. Besides Just So Stories, some of his other best known books for children include The Jungle Book and Kim.
CONTENTS
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 Butterfly that Stamped
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