Synopsis
First published in 1902, "Just So Stories" is Rudyard Kipling's classic collection of animal fables and poetry. This collection grew out of nighttime story-telling between Rudyard and his daughter Josephine. The peculiar name is drawn from her insistence that these tales, which were origin stories describing how animals got their most distinctive features, be told "just so". This volume reproduces the complete edition of "Just So Stories" which includes the following "How The Whale Got His Throat", "How The Camel Got His Hump", "How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin", "How The Leopard Got His Spots", "The Elephant's Child", "The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo", "The Beginning of the Armadillos", "How The First Letter Was Written", "How The Alphabet Was Made", "The Crab That Played With The Sea", "The Cat That Walked By Himself", "The Tabu Tale", and "The Butterfly That Stamped". This edition is printed on premium acid-free paper and includes the original illustrations by the author.
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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.
From the Inside Flap
Kipling's own drawings, with their long, funny captions, illustrate his hilarious explanations of How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, How the Armadillo Happened, and other animal How's. He began inventing these stories in his American wife's hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont, to amuse his eldest daughter--and they have served ever since as a source of laughter for children everywhere.
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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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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