Just So Stories (Classics)
Do you ever wonder how the whale got its throat? The camel its hump? The rhino its skin? The leopard its spots? The elephant its trunk or how the alphabet was made? Well, this (and much more) happened a long time ago. How? Kipling tells it all in his much acclaimed Just So Stories.
This edition includes his beautiful drawings too, surely to help you completely fathom the ALL-IMPORTANT EVENTS.
About the Author
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 30 December 1865. Having spent his early childhood in India Kipling went to study in England but returned to India at the age of 18 and joined as an assistant editor the Civil and Military Gazette, a small newspaper in Lahore. It was during his Lahore days that Kipling published his first book. He drew inspiration for most of his writings including the famous Jungle Books from India. He was a writer par excellence and wrote both prose and verse for adults and children alike prolifically. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. Kipling died in London on 18 January 1936.
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Do you ever wonder how the whale got its throat? The camel its hump? The rhino its skin? The leopard its spots? The elephant its trunk or how the alphabet was made? Well, this (and much more) happened a long time ago. How? Kipling tells it all in his much acclaimed Just So Stories.
This edition includes his beautiful drawings too, surely to help you completely fathom the ALL-IMPORTANT EVENTS.
About the Author
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay (now Mumbai) on 30 December 1865. Having spent his early childhood in India Kipling went to study in England but returned to India at the age of 18 and joined as an assistant editor the Civil and Military Gazette, a small newspaper in Lahore. It was during his Lahore days that Kipling published his first book. He drew inspiration for most of his writings including the famous Jungle Books from India. He was a writer par excellence and wrote both prose and verse for adults and children alike prolifically. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907. Kipling died in London on 18 January 1936.
