The elephants child just so stories rudyard kipling. Kipling s just so stories are literary classics characterized by a wonderful sense of humor and brilliant use of language. The elephants child and other just so stories dover children s thrift classics. His childrens stories included the jungle book 1894 and just so stories 1902. Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to his daughter josephine. All but two of them focus on animals and nature, and the two divergent stories deal with the origin of written language. How the elephant got its trunk, is because the croc clasped its jaws around the elephant childs trunk and pulled at it. Just so stories for little children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the british author rudyard kipling. In these twelve delightful, essential stories, rudyard kipling imagines how the animals became just so. So the elephant s child went home across africa frisking and whisking his trunk. In this illustrated version of one, a young elephant equipped with an abbreviated trunk as big as a boot is filled with curiosity, although his family and relations try to drive it out of him through much spanking.
When he wanted fruit to eat he pulled fruit down from a tree, instead of waiting for it to fall as he used to do. Rudyard kiplings just so stories the elephants child. The elephants child and other just so stories dover children s thrift classics kipling, rudyard, kliros, thea on. Its easy to understand why this is one of philip pullmans favourite books. When he wanted grass he plucked grass up from the ground, instead of going on his knees as he used to do. Considered a classic of childrens literature, the book is among kiplings best known works. The elephants child from the just so stories hardcover october 12, 1986 by rudyard kipling author. The elephants child rudyard kiplings just so stories. Geoffrey patterson began his career in interior design and worked as a set designer with the bbc for years. Rudyard kipling 18651936 was a nobel prizewinning english writer who today is best known for his wonderful children s stories, which have become enduring classics of children s literature. Just so stories is a collection of 12 children s stories. Rudyard kipling is remembered for his stories and poems of british soldiers in india and for his tales for children. Originally written as stories for his daughter, it has been a firm favourite amongst children all over the world since it was first published in 1902. The elephants child rudyard kipling s just so stories paperback august 7, 2008.
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