Just So Stories

By: Kipling, Rudyard

The famous, funny, and inspiring stories of creation as readers have never heard them before. From the tale of how the leopard got his spots to the crab who played with the sea, from the ingenious invention of the alphabet to how the rhinoceros got his wrinkled skin, these stories of strange happenings in the High and Far-Off Times brim with life, humor, and magic. Drawing from the oral storytelling traditions of India and Africa, Noble prize winner Rudyard Kipling's vigorous, amusing tales offer imaginative answers to unanswered questions about animals and provide little pearls of wisdom. These classic tales, filled with playfully clever animals and people have entertained young and old alike for over a hundred years.IN the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. He ate the starfish and the garfish, and the crab and the dab, and the plaice and the dace, and the skate and his mate, and the mackereel and the pickereel, and the really truly twirly-whirly eel. All the fishes he could find in all the sea he ate with his mouth-so

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08HQ1BM3G
• ISBN13: 9798682773657
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 3 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 7