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Just So Stories for Little Children
Rudyard Kipling
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Description for Just So Stories for Little Children
Paperback. How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere? Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables of India, and they are full of jokes, subtexts, and exotic references. This fully illustrated edition includes two extra stories and Kipling's own explanation of the title. Editor(s): Lewis, Lisa. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, original line drawings by the author. BIC Classification: YFA; YFP. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 193 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 226.
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 traditions he later collected all over the world. He plays games with language, exploring the relationships between thought, speech, and written word. He also celebrates his own joy in fatherhood. The tales were told to his own and his friends' children over ... Read more
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 traditions he later collected all over the world. He plays games with language, exploring the relationships between thought, speech, and written word. He also celebrates his own joy in fatherhood. The tales were told to his own and his friends' children over ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
225g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199538607
SKU
V9780199538607
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Ref
99-99
About Rudyard Kipling
Lisa Lewis is a former chairman of the Kipling Society.
Reviews for Just So Stories for Little Children
A handy, properly pocket-sized paperback, with Kipling's original illustrations and commentaries on them, with annotations that reveal unsuspected depths and correspondances to these familiar creation fables.
Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian
Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian