num_pages: 237
description: How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere? Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables of India, and they are full of jokes, subtexts, and exotic references.This fully illustrated edition of this classic includes two extra stories and Kipling's own explanation of the title.
language: English
title: Just So Stories
titlecomplete: Just So Stories
characters: Little girl-daughter, Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog, Uncle Giraffe, Elephant's Child, Kolokolo Bird, Kangaroo, Old Man Kangaroo, Tired Old Kangaroo, Stute fish, Wild Man, Wild Cow, Wild Dog, Rhinoceros, Solomon the Son of David, aka The Most Wise Sovreign Suleiman-bin-Daoud, The Most Beautiful Queen Balkis, Bi-Colored-Python-Rock-Snake, Nqong, Wild Cat, All-the-Turtle-there-was, Dingo—Yellow-Dog, Tired-Dog, Poor-Dog, Slow-Solid Tortoise, Aunt Ostrich, Wild Horse, Uncle Baboon, Ethiopian, Aunt Hippopotamus, Painted Jaguar, Pau Amma, Mariner, Man, aka Son of Adam
genres: Fiction, Animals, Short Stories, British Literature, India, Young Adult, Literature, Classics, Childrens, Fantasy
ratings_count: 47722
series: Password Readers Leveled Stories
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Oxford University Press