So begins this classic collection of gloriously fanciful tales of how things in the world came to be as they are. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. He could prove to admiration that there is no effect without a cause. Just so stories is a series of how the leopard got his spots kind of stories, but the interesting part about these is the extent to which the narrator of the stories is engaged with the audience a child, from the sounds of it. But at first glance scientific truths about our place in the universe have often been ugly.
Kipling was enormously popular at the turn of the 20th century but his reputation declined with the change in attitude toward. 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 elephants child the singsong 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. The bead after g is a small shell, and not a clay bead. Joseph rudyard kipling december 30, 1865 january 18, 1936 was an english author and poet, born in india, and best known today for his childrens books, including the jungle book 1894, the second jungle book 1895, just so stories 1902, and puck of pooks hill 1906. Curious tales from the frontier of evodevo is a 2014 book on evolutionary developmental biology by lewis i. Kipling was the first englishlanguage writer to receive the nobel prize for literature 1907 and was amongst the youngest to receive the award. Distant lands, the beautiful gardens of splendid palaces, the sea, the jungle and its beasts, even the desert, are the exotic settings for these stories. In a humorous collection of short stories, rudyard kipling offers many reasons why animals look the way they do, including how the elephants nose grew long and. 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 elephants child the singsong 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. His many books for children include the jungle book and kim. After his marriage kipling settled in america, and it was here that he wrote the jungle book. Just so stories has achieved nursery immortality because a genius has married two of the most tried and trusted favorite mediathe fable and the fairy story muir, 107.
Rudyard kiplings just so stories consists of 12 parts for ease of reading. The just so stories were tales that kipling would tell his own daughter who tragically died in infancy of pneumonia. Rudyard kipling was a novelist, shortstory writer and poet, born in bombay in 1865. Similarly, robert kurzban suggested that the goal should not be to expel stories from science, but rather to identify the stories that are also good explanations. Classic literature videobook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. The prince and the pauperjust so stories by rudyard kipling, illustrated by earl mayan samuel clemens, illustrated by frank vaughn and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Buy just so stories book online at low prices in india. This free downloadable ebook can be read on your computer or ereader. The main characters of this classics, fiction story are stute fish, mariner.
Jan 12, 2017 just so stories by rudyard kipling my rating. In these bewitching stories we learn how the camel got his hump, how the. Parents need to know that just so stories, by rudyard kipling the jungle book, originally published in 1902, offer 12 creation fables filled with lively language, humorous stories, and fanciful animals that are rendered in watercolor and penandink. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Buy just so stories childrens classics wordsworth childrens classics new edition by rudyard kipling isbn. A new edition of seven of the tales includes the following. His bestknown childrens books are just so stories 1902, the jungle books 189495, and kim 1901. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 210 pages and is available in hardcover format. Just so stories childrens classics wordsworth children. Mobi files can be read on kindles, epub files can be read on other ebook readers, and zip files can be downloaded and read on your computer. The kipling taste is in your mouth, but it is dilute kipling. The term justso story was popularized by rudyard kiplings 1902 book by that title which contained fictional stories for children. Kipling died in 1936 and is interred in poets corner in westminster abbey.
Joseph michael, 1861publication date c1912 topics short stories, animals publisher. Joseph michael, 1861publication date c1912 topics short stories, animals publisher garden city, n. The project gutenberg ebook of just so stories, by rudyard kipling. The theme that runs through the dozen stories is that they are mostly talltale answers for questions that children might have. Just so stories classic literature with classic music.
These are great stories for young readers to attempt on their own, or for parents, teachers, and librarians to read aloud to young children. Picture book, great for reading to younger children. Just so stories childrens classics wordsworth childrens. Choose the part of just so stories which you want to read from the table of contents to get started.
Considered a classic of childrens literature, the book is among kiplings best known works kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to his daughter josephine. May 18, 2001 other than a few sociallyincorrect phrases, just so stories proves an excellent chapterbychapter bedtime book, especially for parents under fire to answer the inevitable questions which explain why a particular animal looks or acts the way it does. Buy just so stories new edition by kipling, rudyard isbn. Jul 29, 2015 just so stories this work is in the public domain in the united states because it was published before january 1, 1925. Just so stories wikisource, the free online library. A contemporary and hugely relevant anthology of culturally diverse writers responding to and engaging with kiplings just so stories. Later i would reread these stories along with the jungle book stories, which made kipling famous. This collection includes the story of how the lazy. Just so stories audiobook by rudyard kipling youtube. Considered a classic of childrens literature, the book is among kiplings best known works.
An early forerunner of these stories can be found in the second jungle book in the chapter, how fear came where the story of how the tiger got its stripes is narrated to mowgli. The thirteen stories collected in this book are meant for very young children, but they engage older kids and adults too with their charming conversational style and simple plot lines. The prince and the pauper just so stories by rudyard kipling, illustrated by earl mayan samuel clemens, illustrated by frank vaughn and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. Distant lands, the beautiful gardens of splendid palaces, the sea, the jungle and its beasts, even the desert, are the. If fact, it is the worst edition of this beloved collection ive ever seen. Ones first feeling after reading quickly the book of stories that mr. Chesterton the twelve magical just so stories tell, among other things, how the camel got his hump, the leopard his spots, the elephant his trunk, how the alphabet was made and how a butterfly caused mayhem at the court of. Amongst kipling s bestknown works are the jungle book, just so stories, and the poems mandalay and gunga din. It is a thin little book, with the stories all run together they didnt even both to begin a story on a new page. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. The beginning of the armadilloes a just so story by rudyard kipling by kipling, rudyard and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.
Rudyard kipling 18651936 written originally for his own children, rudyard kiplings just so stories have continued to delight generations of youngsters since they were first published in 1902. Just so stories is a popular book by rudyard kipling. Just so stories paperback large print, october 19, 2016 reads the heading of this listing. The singsong of old man kangaroo, the beginning of the armadillos, how the elephant got his trunk, how the leopard got his spots, how the camel got his hump, how the whale got his tiny throat and how the rhinoceros got his wrinkly skin. Most of the illustrations i included here are those done by kipling and included in the first edition of the book in 1902. Rcl was coynes teacher and coynes book why evolution is true is dedicated to him. The title is a factual homage to rudyard kiplings fanciful just so stories. Not so stories by david thomas moore, woodrow phoenix. You may copy it, give it away or reuse it under the terms of the project gutenberg license included with this ebook or online at. Rudyard kiplings just so stories, originally published in 1902, are perennial favourites, and can be read by adults and children alike. Demarcation problem, a philosophical question that includes how to distinguish science from nonscience. Kiplings own witty blackandwhite drawings together with their extensive and ridiculous captions, are one of the chief delights of the book carpenter.
The stories describe how one animal or another acquired its most distinctive features, such as how the leopard got his spots. The beginning of the armadillos tortoise and painted jaguar come across a new kind of creature in the woods and try to decide what it is with the help of mother jaguar. Kiplings own illustrations that make just so stories one of the few enduring classics of childrens literature that g. The nobel prizewinning authors enjoyment in playing with the sounds and meanings of words is very evident throughout, and adds to adults enjoyment of these stories for children. Amongst kiplings bestknown works are the jungle book, just so stories, and the poems mandalay and gunga din. Not the tales you were told once upon a time, rudyard kiplings just so storiesfantastical yarns of wondrous creatures in faraway placesbewitched children across the world. F is broken, but what remains of it is a bit of stags horn. The just so stories for little children are among kiplings best known and loved works. He began publishing stories and poems and eventually had great success with his book plain tales from the hills. The first edition of the novel was published in 1902, and was written by rudyard kipling. B is the sacred beaver of tegumai on a bit of old glory. Rudyard kipling 18651936 was a british author whose work was heavily influenced by colonialism.
Nov 30, 2011 classic literature videobook with synchronized text, interactive transcript, and closed captions in multiple languages. The author died in 1936, so this work is also in the public domain in countries and areas where the term is the authors life plus 80 years or less. It explores questions such as how the leopard got its spots, how he camel got its. A relentlessly inventive collection of myths that betray a deep love and respect for the natural world, the penguin classics edition of rudyard kiplings just so stories is edited with an introduction by judith plotz and a general preface by series editor jan montefiore. Some later editions added a th the tabu tale and might have added a 14th from 1895, the jungle book, on how the tiger got his stripes. How the alphabet was made just so stories rudyard kipling. Jul 11, 2012 rcl was coynes teacher and coynes book why evolution is true is dedicated to him.
Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to his daughter josephine. Five of kiplings just so stories, including how the camel got his hump, how the rhinoceros got his skin and how the elephant got his trunk are included here. Just so stories rudyard kipling o ne of the first things that tegumai bopsulai did after taffy and he had made the alphabet was to make a magic alphabetnecklace of all the letters, so that it could be put in the temple of tegumai and kept for ever and ever. The original editions of just so stories were illustrated with woodcuts by kipling himself. Just so stories are considered some of kiplings best works. Nobel laureate rudyard kipling 18651936 is best remembered for childrens tales such as the jungle book as well as his poetry and stories about british soldiers in india, which include gunga din and the man who would be king. Moreover, a whole discipline although a very undisciplined one, evolutionary psychology, has been built on just so stories, and among evopsychs bestknown critics has been jerry coyne see his january 16, 2011, post. Just so stories, macmillan, 1902, first edition, very modest fraying to the spine extremities, spine lettering all but gone as is common with this title, occasional faint foxing, else a very good to very good plus copy in the publishers original pictorial cloth. Read just so stories online, free books by rudyard kipling. Just so stories by rudyard kipling is in the top ten classics of childrens literature. Originally published 1902 click here to download a textonly version. Rudyard kiplings just so stories was one of the first true childrens books in the english language, a timeless classic that continues to delight readers to this day.
Just so stories by rudyard kipling, 9781853261022, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Just so stories first edition rudyard kipling bauman rare. The twelve magical just so stories tell, among other things, how the camel got his hump, the leopard his spots, the elephant his trunk, how the alphabet was made and how a butterfly caused mayhem at the court of king solomon when he stamped. Just so stories by rudyard kipling oak meadow bookstore. Free download or read online just so stories pdf epub book. Read just so stories, free online version of the book by rudyard kipling, on. The tales are brought vividly to life by kiplings young daughter, elsie, and a group of new friends she has made during a visit with her aunt while her parents are away. Just so stories by rudyard kipling free at loyal books. Just so stories master pangloss taught the metaphysicotheologocosmolonigology. His short stories, although their understanding of the indian is often moving, became minor hymns to the glory of queen victorias empire and the civil servants and soldiers who staffed her outposts. Mander the just so stories inspired by rudyard kipling. Just so stories by rudyard kipling grade 2 books oak meadow bookstore.
Each story is accompanied by a poem, in a somewhat ballad style. Rare books by rudyard kipling, including first edition, signed first edition, and finely bound copies of the jungle book, justso stories, and kim, and handsome sets of his collected works. Just so stories for little children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the british author rudyard kipling. He then moved with his family to england, where he wrote just so stories for his daughter josephine who later tragically died of pneumonia. Just so stories by rudyard kipling teaching resources. They give fantastical explanations for various phenomena. Kipling says the camel got his hump as a punishment for refusing to work, the leopards spots were painted on him by an ethiopian, and the kangaroo got its powerful hind legs after being chased all day by. This recording aims to be the first complete audio book of this title with nothing left out. Just so stories by rudyard kipling, with wonderful illustrations by joseph m.
For more silly stories told in a humorous and grandiloquent way, try a childrens treasury of spike milligan. Just so stories by rudyard kipling, first edition abebooks. Just so stories first edition rudyard kipling bauman. Just so stories by rudyard kipling, paperback barnes. For little children rudyard kipling snippet view 1996. The just so stories i was introduced to these stories at a age so early that i cannot remember when. The original edition 1902 of rudyard kiplings yarns for children, just so stories, has 12 tales. The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. Just so stories has achieved nursery immortality because a genius has married two of the most tried and trusted favorite mediathe fable and the fairystory muir, 107. Aug 01, 2001 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 elephants child the singsong 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. Just so stories by rudyard kipling and barry moser. He completed his studies abroad before returning to india.