num_pages: 160
description: Presents twelve familiar stories--including the tale of the elephant child with the 'satiable curiosity who journeyed to the Limpopo river--along with two lesser-known pieces.
language: English
title: Just-So Stories, The Complete
titlecomplete: Just-So Stories, The Complete
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: 47719
series: Password Readers Leveled Stories
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Viking Juvenile