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Just So Stories
Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 47,450 Ratings and 1,578 Reviews

Book Description
How did the leopard get its spots? These entertaining stories, drawn from the tales Kipling's Indian nurses told to him, answer this question -- and many more! Kipling created the enchantment of the dawn of the world, when animals could talk and think like people. The laziness of the Camel, the curiosity of the Elephant Child, the cleverness of the hedgehog, the confusions of the Painted Jaguar an... More
Book Information
PublisherListening Library
BindingAudio CD (429 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of PagesN/A
ISBN-100736692665
ISBN-13978-0736692663
Publication Date01/2006
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About Rudyard Kipling (Author) : Rudyard Kipling is a published author, editor, illustrator, and a series editor. Some of the published credits of Rudyard Kipling include Just So Stories, Soldiers Three, Kim (Everyman's Library (Pape... more
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About Jim Weiss (Narrator) : Jim Weiss is a published author, editor, and a narrator of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Jim Weiss include Who in the World Was the Secretive Printer?: The S... more
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3/16/2014 Regine Allison Claire tagged as: I recommend, I read

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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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9/2/2009 D. Murdoch tagged as: I recommend

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2/15/2008 Lilly Fluger said:
"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

tags: I recommend, Inspired me, I read

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10/9/2007 pixie q. said: In particular, "The Elephant's Child"
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8/31/2007 Elizabeth Bluemle tagged as: I Read

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