5/7/2023 0 Comments Just so stories illustrated![]() Read along online and see the illustrations at .įor further information, including links to online text, reader information, RSS feeds, CD cover or other formats (if available), please go to the LibriVox catalog page for this recording.įor more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit. As a result, it is a delight to read them aloud, and easy to memorise passages from them. Just So Stories : Rudyard Kipling by Avinash Published JWhile Joseph Rudyard Kipling is often remembered for his two Jungle Books and his poems, not many know that he also published a delightful collection of pourquoi stories titled, Just So Stories for Little Children. Many of the stories are addressed to "Best Beloved" (they were first written for Kipling's eldest daughter, Josephine, who had died during an outbreak of influenza in 1899), and throughout they use a comically elevated style inspired by the formal speech of India, full of long and improbable-sounding words, some of them made up. ![]() The original editions of Just So Stories were illustrated with woodcuts by Kipling himself. ![]() The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. Just So Stories Contents How the Whale got his throat - How the Camel got his hump - How the Rhinoceros got his skin - How the Leopard got his spots - The Elephant's Child - The sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo - The beginning of the Armadillos - How the first letter was written - How the alphabet was made - The Crab that played with the. LibriVox recording of the Just So Stories, by Rudyard Kipling. ![]()
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