Just So Stories

“These stories have the ageless resonance of myth, for beneath his addictive adventures and hypnotic prose, Kipling was grappling with big questions: who are we? Where do we come from? How should we live?”
–Daily Telegraph

Have you ever wondered how the leopard got his spots? Or how the camel got his hump? Rudyard Kipling’s witty and beautifully written stories explain these secrets and many more and introduce such memorable characters as the Elephant’s Child, the Cat that Walked by Himself, and the Butterfly that Stamped.

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) is best known for Barrack-room Ballads, The Jungle Book, and Kim. Just So Stories were written for his children and are addressed to his six-year-old daughter Josephine, his "best beloved," who died of pneumonia in 1899. Philip Pullman is best known as the author of the His Dark Materials trilogy.