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Just So Stories for Little Children: For Little Children by Rudyard Kipling; with illustrations by the author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told'? Who invented reading and writing? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere. Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables he heard as a child in India, as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world. He plays games with language, exploring the relationships between thought, speech, and written word. He also celebrates his own joy in fatherhood. The tales were told to his own and his friends'children over many years before he wrote them down, adding poems and his own illustrations. They invite older and younger readers to share a magical experience, each contributing to the other's pleasure but each can also enjoy them alone, as more jokes, subtexts, and exotic references emerge with every reading. This fully illustrated edition icludes two extra stories and Kipling's own explanation of the title. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus

Who reads Just So Stories for Little Children: For Little Children?

Author

Rudyard Kipling; with illustrations by the author

Publisher

Oxford University Press, UK

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780191605512

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Children'S

Rating

4.1 / 5 (16 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14