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Just So Stories (Macmillan Collector's Library)
Rudyard Kipling
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Description for Just So Stories (Macmillan Collector's Library)
Hardcover. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 150 x 93. .
These twelve magical tales tell, among other things, how the camel got his hump; the leopard his spots; the elephant his trunk; how the alphabet was made; and how a butterfly caused mayhem at the court of King Solomon. Rightfully considered one of the enduring classics of children's literature, Just So Stories is an enchanting collection that still delights and illuminates over a century after it was first published. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Kipling himself, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition also contains an afterword by editor Marcus Clapham. Designed to appeal to the booklover, ... Read more
These twelve magical tales tell, among other things, how the camel got his hump; the leopard his spots; the elephant his trunk; how the alphabet was made; and how a butterfly caused mayhem at the court of King Solomon. Rightfully considered one of the enduring classics of children's literature, Just So Stories is an enchanting collection that still delights and illuminates over a century after it was first published. Beautifully illustrated throughout by Kipling himself, this Macmillan Collector's Library edition also contains an afterword by editor Marcus Clapham. Designed to appeal to the booklover, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Macmillan Collector's Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Macmillan Collector's Library
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781909621800
SKU
V9781909621800
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Ref
99-50
About Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling was born in India in 1865. After intermittently moving between India and England during his early life, he settled in the latter in 1889, published his novel The Light That Failed in 1891 and married Caroline (Carrie) Balestier the following year. They returned to her home in Brattleboro, Vermont, where Kipling wrote the two Jungle Books and Captains ... Read more
Reviews for Just So Stories (Macmillan Collector's Library)
Beautifully planned, hauntingly written, these chapters hold a thrilling intensity The most striking novel in its genre since Tom s Midnight Garden. Times Literary Supplement, on When Marnie was There