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Excerpt: ...and those things that Mummy called bad people are my beavers. I drawded them to show him the way through the swamp; and I drawded Mummy at the mouth of the Cave looking pleased because he is a nice Stranger-man, and I think you are just the stupidest people in the world,' said Taffy. 'He is a very nice man. Why have you filled his hair with mud? Wash him!' 138 Nobody said anything at all for a long time, till the Head Chief laughed; then the Stranger-man (who was at least a Tewara) laughed; then Tegumai laughed till he fell down flat on the bank; then all the Tribe laughed more and worse and louder. The only people who did not laugh were Teshumai Tewindrow and all the Neolithic ladies. They were very polite to all their husbands, and said 'idiot!' ever so often. Then the Head Chief of the Tribe of Tegumai cried and said and sang, 'O Small-person-without-any-manners-who-ought-to-be-spanked, you've hit upon a great invention!' 'I didn't intend to; I only wanted Daddy's black-handled spear,' said Taffy. 'Never mind. It is a great invention, and some day men will call it writing. At present it is only pictures, and, as we have seen to-day, pictures are not always properly understood. But a time will come, O Babe of Tegumai, when we shall make letters
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Kipling has an Aesopian understanding of animals, of our dealings with them and our curious interrelatedness, interdependence, how we can learn about our own strange behaviour. --Michael Morpurgo
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Rudyard Kipling's original extraordinary tales, fully illustrated by the author
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Just So Stories Set : For Little Children
Seller: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.
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Just So Stories Set : For Little Children
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Just So Stories Set : For Little Children
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Condition: Good. English Language. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Seller Inventory # 11731091-75
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Just So Stories
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Silver Burdett Co. Morristown, NJ 1986, 1986
ISBN 10: 0382092996
ISBN 13: 9780382092992
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Seller: Table of Contents, Omaha, NE, U.S.A.
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Hardbound Good+/Good-., DJ Meg Rutherford, illus. 4to, 76, General wear to covers. DJ is worn with several large edge tears. DJ is price clipped. ISBN:0-382-09299-6. Seller Inventory # 027719
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Just So Stories
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hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket. Seller Inventory # mon0003436745
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Just So Stories
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Condition: Very Good. Very Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. In protective mylar cover. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp. Seller Inventory # S25P-00017
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The Elephant's Child (Just So Stories series)
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Garden City Publishing Comapny, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1942
ISBN 10: 0382092996
ISBN 13: 9780382092992
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Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Rojankovsky, Feodor (illustrator). First Thus. One in a series of lovely children's books each containing 1 of the original 12 "Just So Stories." Orig. published in 1900, this is the First Printing in this edition from 1942 (First, thus), with new pictures by Caldecott-winning Russian émigré illustrator Feodor Rojankovsky. Hardcover small 4to (7" x 9.5") has a light green cloth-wrapped spine with decorative paper over the remaining boards. Condition is Good: quite clean, binding straight & strong, hinges secure. Pages moderately tanned, commensurate with wartime paper quality, but unmarked. Front matter pages creased, some others show short tears ascending from bottom edge near gutter. Both ends of spine show cloth fraying & loss; all edges rubbed, heaviest at corners. Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Seller Inventory # 022110
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Just So Stories
Published by
Silver Burdett Company, Morristown, New Jersey, 1986
ISBN 10: 0382092996
ISBN 13: 9780382092992
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Seller: Gargoyle Books, IOBA, La Mesa, CA, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Rutherford, Meg (illustrator). First Edition First Printing. Lovely edition contains all 12 of the original stories, brought to new life with the delightful full-color illustrations of Meg Rutherford, "who has succeeded in capturing the gently humorous magic of Kipling's writing." A FIRST EDITION, first printing from Silver Burdett, 1986, this hardcover 4to (8" x 11") has textured green cloth over boards with a blindstamped kangaroo design to front & bright gilt lettering to spine. Condition is Near Fine: exceptionally clean & bright, binding straight & strong, hinges secure. Pages white with a whisper of tanning to edges, else unmarked. Very mild rubbing to lower extremities. The unclipped DJ is largely intact, colorful, & bright, but downgraded to Good due to many small holes (insect damage) & rubbed areas; looks nice protected in new clear mylar cover Free! Our photos show the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, Weekends, & holidays ship very next business day. Seller Inventory # 022096