Just So Stories Paperback - 2008
by Rudyard Kipling
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
How did the camel get its hump? Why won't cats do as they're told? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere? Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables of India, and they are full of jokes, subtexts, and exotic references. This fully illustrated edition of this classic includes two extra stories and Kipling's own explanation of the title.
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- Title Just So Stories
- Author Rudyard Kipling
- Binding Paperback
- Edition International Ed
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Young Readers Group, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2008
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Glossary, Illustrated
- Bookseller's Inventory # G0141321628I4N10
- ISBN 9780141321622 / 0141321628
- Weight 0.42 lbs (0.19 kg)
- Dimensions 7.03 x 5.1 x 0.66 in (17.86 x 12.95 x 1.68 cm)
- Ages 10 to UP years
- Grade levels 5 - UP
- Reading level 810
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Animals, Short stories
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Summary
The famous, funny, and inspiring stories of creation as readers have never heard them before. From the tale of how the leopard got his spots to the crab who played with the sea, from the ingenious invention of the alphabet to how the rhinoceros got his wrinkled skin, these stories of strange happenings in the High and Far-Off Times brim with life, humor, and magic.
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How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told? Who invented reading and writing? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere? Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables he heard as a child in India, as well as on folk games with language, exploring the relationships between thought, speech, and the written word. He also celebrates his own joy in fatherhood. The tales were told to his own and his friends' children over many years before he wrote them down, adding poems and his own illustrations. They invite older and younger readers to share a magical experience, each contributing to the other's pleasure, but each can also enjoy them alone, as more jokes, subtexts, and exotic references emerge with every reading. This fully illustrated edition includes two extra stories and Kipling's own explanation of the title.