num_pages: 146
description: Kipling's Just So Stories has delighted generations of readers with its imaginative tales of how animals came to be ‘just so'. With enchanting backdrops of deserts and seas, palaces and jungles, Kipling ponders such unknowns as how the leopard got his spots, the rhinoceros his skin, and the camel his hump. The result is a magical collection of poems, tales and fables to charm readers of all ages.
language: English
title: Just So Stories
titlecomplete: Just So Stories
characters: Uncle Baboon, Elephant's Child, Pau Amma, Wild Cat, All-the-Turtle-there-was, Stute fish, Painted Jaguar, Rhinoceros, Kolokolo Bird, The Most Beautiful Queen Balkis, Aunt Ostrich, Wild Horse, Uncle Giraffe, Aunt Hippopotamus, Wild Man, Bi-Colored-Python-Rock-Snake, Little girl-daughter, Slow-Solid Tortoise, Nqong, Wild Dog, Dingo—Yellow-Dog, Tired-Dog, Poor-Dog, Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog, Wild Cow, Kangaroo, Old Man Kangaroo, Tired Old Kangaroo, Solomon the Son of David, aka The Most Wise Sovreign Suleiman-bin-Daoud, Mariner, Man, aka Son of Adam, Ethiopian
genres: Classics, British Literature, Fantasy, Childrens, Short Stories, India, Young Adult, Animals, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 47717
series: Password Readers Leveled Stories
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: UNKNO