JUST SO STORIES

Kipling, Rudyard

ISBN 10: 0679417974 / ISBN 13: 9780679417972

Published by Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1992

About this Item

(1992), 218pp, illus., illus. eps, pastedown to cover, "Everyman's Library Children's Classics", light scratches to pastedown, light shelfwear to cover, small area on rear cover is discolored (possibly where a price sticker had been), no dj, contents clean. Seller Inventory # 16-0585

Bibliographic Details

Title: JUST SO STORIES

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, New York

Publication Date: 1992

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Kipling, Rudyard

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

About this title

Synopsis:

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.

Review:

""Just So Stories "was the first book I ever truly loved." Michael Morpurgo, author, "War Horse""

"Just So Stories was the first book I ever truly loved." --Michael Morpurgo, author, War Horse