Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936.

Just so stories / by Rudyard Kipling, with illustrations by the author ; with a new introduction by Avi. - New York : Signet Classic, 2002. - viii, 146 p. : ill. ; 18 cm.

"A Signet classic."

Includes bibliographical references.

How the whale got his throat -- How the camel got his hump -- How the rhinocerous got his skin -- How the leopard got his spots -- The elephant's child -- The sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo -- The beginning of the armadillos -- How the first letter was written -- How the alphabet was made -- The crab that played with the sea -- The cat that walked by himself -- The butterfly that stamped.

Accelerated Reader. Reading Counts. Wilson's Children's Catalog.

A collection of twelve stories of how various things came to be.

6.4 Perma-Bound Books.

0451528360 : $11.00


Animals--Fiction.
Animals--Fiction.


Short stories.

PZ7.K632 / Jw 2002

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