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The complete collection of Rudyard Kipling's classic fables, read by Johnny Morris
Have you ever wondered how and why the animals came to be as they are? In these magical tales, drawn from stories he heard as a child in India as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world, Rudyard Kipling gives some wonderfully imaginative explanations.
This selection includes “The Beginning of the Armadillos,” “The Cat that Walked by Himself,” and “The Butterfly that Stamped.” Originally told by Rudyard Kipling for his own children, these witty, fanciful tales have been loved by generations of children ever since.
This work is part of Brilliance Audio's extensive Classic Collection, bringing you timeless masterpieces that you and your family are sure to love.
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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.
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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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- PublisherSilver Burdett Pr
- Publication date1986
- ISBN 10 0382092996
- ISBN 13 9780382092992
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages76
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The Elephant's Child (Just So Stories series)
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Book Description 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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Book Description 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
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