Just So Stories - Softcover

Rudyard Kipling

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8189973975 ISBN 13: 9788189973971

Publisher: Readworthy Publications Pvt Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

This collection of 12 stories presents a fantastic account of how various phenomena came about. First published in 1902, these stories have a typical theme of a particular animal modified from an original form to its present form by the acts of man, or some magical being.

Contents 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 Butterfly that Stamped

About this title

About the Author

Rudyard Kipling(1865-1936), recipient of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907, was an English novelist, short-story writer, and poet. His sweeping tales of adventure, including Kim, Captains Courageous, and The jungle Book, won him wide popularity during his lifetime and have been beloved by generations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Readworthy Publications Pvt Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 8189973975
• ISBN 13: 9788189973971
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 146