num_pages: 128
description: One of the greatest children's books of all time, Just So Stories is a collection of timeless classics, including "How the Whale Got His Throat," "How the Camel Got His Hump," and "How the Elephant Got His Trunk." Written in the tradition of Indian and African oral storytelling , this volume is beautifully illustrated in color by well-known artist, Safaya Salter. An English novelist and poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907, Kipling's popular stories have garnered attention for generations. This book is an ideal and inexpensive way to start building a classics library for any child, class set, or library.
language: English
title: Just So Stories
titlecomplete: Just So Stories
characters: Aunt Ostrich, Dingo—Yellow-Dog, Tired-Dog, Poor-Dog, Elephant's Child, Wild Cow, Stute fish, Mariner, Wild Man, Little girl-daughter, Pau Amma, Man, aka Son of Adam, Kangaroo, Old Man Kangaroo, Tired Old Kangaroo, Slow-Solid Tortoise, Kolokolo Bird, Ethiopian, Solomon the Son of David, aka The Most Wise Sovreign Suleiman-bin-Daoud, Painted Jaguar, Aunt Hippopotamus, Stickly-Prickly Hedgehog, Wild Horse, Wild Dog, Rhinoceros, All-the-Turtle-there-was, Nqong, Bi-Colored-Python-Rock-Snake, The Most Beautiful Queen Balkis, Uncle Giraffe, Wild Cat, Uncle Baboon
genres: Literature, Young Adult, Childrens, Classics, India, Animals, Short Stories, Fiction, Fantasy, British Literature
ratings_count: 47721
series: Password Readers Leveled Stories
awards: awardedAt: -94665600000
name: Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
publisher: Chrysalis Books Group