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Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling
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Hardcover. Kipling began these stories in Vermont, to amuse his daughter when they were living in his wife's home town. The comic explanations, such as "how the camel got his hump" and "how the whale got his throat", are complemented by the author's illustrations, with their extensive and ridiculous captions. Illustrator(s): Kipling, Rudyard. Series: Everyman's Library Children's Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations, 2-colour endpapers, bookplate. BIC Classification: YFA; YFP; YFU. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 208 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Series
Everyman's Library Children's Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857159066
SKU
V9781857159066
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About Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in India in 1865 to British parents, and brought up by a Portuguese ‘ayah’ (nanny) and an Indian servant, who would entertain him with fabulous stories and Indian nursery rhymes. He was sent back to England when he was seven years old, and lived in a boarding house with a ... Read more
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