Just So Stories -Illustrated

by Rudyard Kipling

Overview

The stories, first published in 1902, are pourquoi stories, fantastic accounts of how various phenomena came about. A forerunner of these stories is "How Fear Came" in The Second Jungle Book (1895), in which Mowgli hears the story of how the tiger got his stripes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781617206375
Publisher:	Wilder Publications
Publication date:	02/17/2012
Pages:	90
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	5 - 12 Years

About the Author

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was one of the most popular writers in the United Kingdom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His fiction works include The Jungle Book — a classic of children’s literature — and the rousing adventure novel Kim, as well as books of poems, short stories, and essays. In 1907, at the age of 42, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.