Just So Stories – Children’S Classics

How the camel got his hump, how the rhinoceros got his skin: Rudyard Kipling answers questions nobody asked, at length, in a voice pitched directly at a listening child. The stories were made up for children and keep the rhythms of telling aloud, with repeated phrases, invented names and asides addressed straight to the listener. Kipling's language is playful rather than simple, so the collection rewards an adult reader as much as the child being read to, and the tales are short enough to take one at a time. This HarperCollins Children's Classics edition gathers them in a single volume. Elements that define it: • Origin tales written to be read aloud, each complete in a few pages • Repetition and rhythm that young listeners pick up quickly • Invented words and asides that keep adult readers entertained • HarperCollins Children's Classics edition of the full collection For families, teachers and classroom libraries, available from Boipoka.