num_pages: 224
description: 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.
language: English
title: Just So Stories
titlecomplete: Just So Stories
characters: Wild Man, Kolokolo Bird, Wild Cow, All-the-Turtle-there-was, Wild Cat, The Most Beautiful Queen Balkis, Uncle Baboon, Bi-Colored-Python-Rock-Snake, Slow-Solid Tortoise, Stute fish, Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog, Wild Dog, Little girl-daughter, Pau Amma, Painted Jaguar, Kangaroo, Old Man Kangaroo, Tired Old Kangaroo, Wild Horse, Aunt Hippopotamus, Rhinoceros, Man, aka Son of Adam, Solomon the Son of David, aka The Most Wise Sovreign Suleiman-bin-Daoud, Nqong, Dingo—Yellow-Dog, Tired-Dog, Poor-Dog, Ethiopian, Uncle Giraffe, Mariner, Elephant's Child, Aunt Ostrich
genres: Fiction, Animals, Classics, British Literature, Young Adult, Childrens, India, Fantasy, Literature, Short Stories
ratings_count: 47717
series: Password Readers Leveled Stories
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Everyman's Library Nov-03-1992