num_pages: 112
description: These fables tell of the origin of familiar things or illustrate familiar human situations. The characters, both human and animal, are seen through a child's eyes and have easily-identifiable personalities. The situations of the stories are recognizable as belonging to all time and every place.
language: English
title: Str:Just So Stories
titlecomplete: Str:Just So Stories
characters: Slow-Solid Tortoise, Kangaroo, Old Man Kangaroo, Tired Old Kangaroo, Little girl-daughter, Nqong, Painted Jaguar, Wild Cat, Solomon the Son of David, aka The Most Wise Sovreign Suleiman-bin-Daoud, The Most Beautiful Queen Balkis, Pau Amma, Wild Cow, Aunt Hippopotamus, All-the-Turtle-there-was, Elephant's Child, Kolokolo Bird, Aunt Ostrich, Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog, Man, aka Son of Adam, Stute fish, Ethiopian, Bi-Colored-Python-Rock-Snake, Dingo—Yellow-Dog, Tired-Dog, Poor-Dog, Wild Man, Wild Horse, Mariner, Uncle Baboon, Uncle Giraffe, Wild Dog, Rhinoceros
genres: Short Stories, Fiction, Literature, India, Childrens, Fantasy, British Literature, Young Adult, Animals, Classics
ratings_count: 47726
series: Password Readers Leveled Stories
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Macmillan Education