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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.
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- Title
- Just So Stories
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Rudyard Kipling
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 2017
- Pages
- 224
- ISBN10
- 0141329793
- ISBN13
- 9780141329796
- Series
- First published
- 1902
- Original title
- Just So Stories
- Rating
- 4.3 out of 5
- Description
- 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.