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Just So Stories

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Author(s):Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):Rudyard Kipling
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Publisher(s): Doubleday, Doran & Co.
Year Published: 1930
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Animal Fantasy
Fables
Age Range: Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books
Pages: 249
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 42399493

Description

A collection of animal fables with a dust jacket by Dorothy P. Lathrop.

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Other Editions

Just So Stories (1902)

A collection of stories describing how the animals got the way they are -- each to be told ‘just so.’ Read online at Hathitrust.

Publisher: Macmillan & Co.
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The Just So Song Book (1903)

The songs from Just So Stories for Little Children are newly titled and set to music. Read online at archive.org.

Publisher: Doubleday, Page & Company
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The Just So Song Book (1903)

The songs from Just So Stories for Little Children are newly titled and set to music. Read online at Hathitrust.

Publisher: Macmillan & Co.
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The Cat That Walked by Himself (1942)

How the cat made a bargain with the Woman, but still walks by himself.

Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co.
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The Elephant’s Child (1942)

How an encounter with a crocodile gave the elephant’s child his enormous trunk.

Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co.
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How the Camel Got His Hump (1942)

At the beginning, the camel refused to work for the first three days, so the Djinn gave him a hump, and now he can work three days without resting.

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Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co.
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How the Leopard Got His Spots (1942)

At the beginning of things, the leopard and the Ethiopian change their colors to camouflage.

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Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co.
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How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin (1942)

After the rhinoceros eats the parsee’s cake, the latter gets even and the rhinoceros gets his wrinkled skin.

Publisher: Garden City Publishing Co.
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The Reluctant Dragon (1983)

The boy is anxious for the dragon to prove himself, but the Dragon is no more interested in fighting than is St. George. The story tells how they manage to settle affairs.

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Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
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“Meow,” Said the Fierce Baby Lion (1948)

The baby lion gets ready to practice his hunting skills.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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