Just So Stories (De Luxe Classics)

As new, appears unread, de luxe classic including original drawings by Kipling. Red simulated leather with bright gilt decoration and font on cover and spine, 165 pps, blk/whiite illustrations. This is a magnificent edition, gtift quality. Absolutely pristine, without any writing, marks, etc.There are many reprint editions of this important children's classic, please view our photos for confirmation that you are interested in this rare and beautiful copy. Contact us if you have additional questions.

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.