Just so stories

Summary

Just So Stories for Little Children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the British author Rudyard Kipling. Considered a classic of children's literature, the book is among Kipling's best known works. Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to his daughter Josephine. These had to be told "just so" (exactly in the words she was used to) or she would complain. The stories illustrate how animals acquired their distinctive features, such as how the leopard got his spots. For the book, Kipling illustrated the stories himself. This book uses the racial and other slurs of its period as written; the Book Guide explains these words where they occur.

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Chapters (12)

1. 1. How the Whale Got His Throat
2. 2. How the Camel Got His Hump
3. 3. How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
4. 4. How the Leopard Got His Spots
5. 5. The Elephant’s Child
6. 6. The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo
7. 7. The Beginning of the Armadillos
8. 8. How the First Letter Was Written
9. 9. How the Alphabet Was Made
10. 10. The Crab That Played with the Sea
11. 11. The Cat That Walked by Himself
12. 12. The Butterfly That Stamped