Selected Just So Stories

by Rudyard Kipling

Overview

Why does the giraffe have spotty skin? Why do melons taste just so? An insatiably curious young elephant can't stop asking questions, until one in particular gets him into worse trouble than he could have ever imagined. In “The Elephant’s Child” and two other fanciful fables, Rudyard Kipling offers whimsical explanations for the strange lives and looks of the animals he encountered as a child in India—the long-trunked elephant, the saggy-skinned rhinoceros, and the half-wild house cat.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780981903262
Publisher:	PlainTales, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2009
Series:	PlainTales Classics
Edition description:	Unabridged
Pages:	1
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 4.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	5 - 7 Years

About the Author

Rudyard Kipling became the first English writer to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature and remains the youngest author ever to do so; he was just 42 at the time. He brought the force of his full genius to bear on his stories for children, most of which were influenced by the years he spent living in India.

Table of Contents

1. The Elephant’s Child
2. How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
3. The Cat That Walked By Himself