Just So Stories: For Little Children
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Few collections have captured the boundless imagination of childhood quite like Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling's enchanting suite of origin tales that answers the great whimsical questions of the natural world — how the elephant got its trunk, how the camel got its hump, and how the leopard got its spots. Written with a lilting, rhythmic prose designed to be read aloud, these twelve stories transport young readers and their guardians to an ancient, mythical world where clever animals, mischievous children, and primordial forces of nature conspire to shape the world as we know it. Kipling, the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Jungle Book, brings his characteristic gift for vivid storytelling and rich, sonorous language to bear on these tales, which stand as much as works of literary art as they do children's entertainment. Originally published in 1902 and illustrated by Kipling himself, the collection has endured for over a century as a cornerstone of children's literature, beloved for its warmth, wit, and the irresistible cadence of its prose. Whether read by a fireside or in the nursery, these stories retain a timeless magic that leaves every reader — young or old — wondering what other magnificent explanations the world might still be hiding.
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Format: Hardback
Published: 1984, Macmillan London
Genre: Childrens fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Few collections have captured the boundless imagination of childhood quite like Just So Stories, Rudyard Kipling's enchanting suite of origin tales that answers the great whimsical questions of the natural world — how the elephant got its trunk, how the camel got its hump, and how the leopard got its spots. Written with a lilting, rhythmic prose designed to be read aloud, these twelve stories transport young readers and their guardians to an ancient, mythical world where clever animals, mischievous children, and primordial forces of nature conspire to shape the world as we know it. Kipling, the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Jungle Book, brings his characteristic gift for vivid storytelling and rich, sonorous language to bear on these tales, which stand as much as works of literary art as they do children's entertainment. Originally published in 1902 and illustrated by Kipling himself, the collection has endured for over a century as a cornerstone of children's literature, beloved for its warmth, wit, and the irresistible cadence of its prose. Whether read by a fireside or in the nursery, these stories retain a timeless magic that leaves every reader — young or old — wondering what other magnificent explanations the world might still be hiding.