| Just So Stories Contributor(s): Kipling, Rudyard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1406819085 ISBN-13: 9781406819083 Publisher: Echo Library OUR PRICE: $8.91 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told? Who invented reading and writing? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere? Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables he heard as a child in India, as well as on folk games with language, exploring the relationships between thought, speech, and the written word. He also celebrates his own joy in fatherhood. The tales were told to his own and his friends' children over many years before he wrote them down, adding poems and his own illustrations. They invite older and younger readers to share a magical experience, each contributing to the other's pleasure, but each can also enjoy them alone, as more jokes, subtexts, and exotic references emerge with every reading. This fully illustrated edition includes two extra stories and Kipling's own explanation of the title. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 1060 |
| Physical Information: 0.22" H x 5" W x 8" (0.24 lbs) 92 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 20231 Reading Level: 6.4 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 5.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 12 tales, including THE ELEPHANT'S CHILD and HOW THE RHINOCEROS GOT HIS SKIN |
