Just So Stories Paperback - 2008
by Rudyard Kipling; Introduction by Jonathan Stroud
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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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.
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- Title Just So Stories
- Author Rudyard Kipling; Introduction by Jonathan Stroud
- Binding Paperback
- Edition International Ed
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Puffin Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2008-06-19
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Glossary, Illustrated
- 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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