Just So Stories
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Book Description
Kipling began these stories in Vermont, to amuse his daughter when they were living in his wife's home town. The comic explanations, such as "how the camel got his hump" and "how the whale got his throat", are complemented by the author's illustrations, with their extensive and ridiculous captions.
Book Information
Publisher | Checkerboard Books |
Binding | Hardcover (429 editions) |
Reading Level | Baby to Pre-K |
# of Pages | 64 |
ISBN-10 | 0528824228 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0528824227 |
Publication Date | 06/1982 |
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About Victor G. Ambrus (Illustrator) : Victor G. Ambrus is a published author and an illustrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Victor G. Ambrus include Every Living Thing, El Conde Lucanor / Co... more
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9/24/2009 Richele McFarlin said: I assigned this to my son for school last year for 3rd grade. He LOVED the book! I was thrilled to see my son enjoy good literature. This is a great book full of cute stories about how the animals are the way they are.
tags: kids
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2/15/2008 Lilly Fluger said:
tags: I recommend, Inspired me, I read
"O, best beloved"... begins Rudyard Kipling in his wonderful tales of fun and enchantment about theanimals in India. They just don't write like that anymore. I don't have to read these over and over cause they live in my head. But when I do, I fall in love all over again. These are the series of ... more
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