num_pages: 160
description: Cats and kangaroos, crabs and camels, whales and jaguars, hedgehogs and leopards, magicians and little children, and many other beings are brought to life in an exotic Eastern landscape of "high and far times ago." Drawn from the wondrous tales told to Kipling as a child by his Indian nurses, Just So Stories creates the magical enchantment of the dawn of the world, when animals could talk and think like people. The laziness of the Camel, the curiosity of the Elephant Child, the cleverness of the Painted Jaguar, and all the rest of Kipling's delightful menagerie make Just So Stories unforgettable reading for generations of "Best Beloveds" to come.
language: English
title: Just-So Stories
titlecomplete: Just-So Stories (Signet Classics)
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: Signet Classics