Just So Stories [Paperback]

Rudyard Kipling (Author)

Book Description

How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere? Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables of India, and they are full of jokes, subtexts, and exotic references. This fully illustrated edition of this classic includes 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 broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

`A handy, properly pocket-sized paperback, with Kipling's original illustrations and commentaries on them, with annotations that reveal unsuspected depths and correspondances to these familiar creation fables.' Nicholas Lezard, The Guardian --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

About the Author

Lisa Lewis is a former chairman of the Kipling Society. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 146 pages
• Publisher: House of Stratus (October 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1842329448
• ISBN-13: 978-1842329443
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,257,979 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect for adults, May 2, 2011

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This review is from: Just So Stories: for Little Children (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)

This new edition of Just So Stories is fantastic! One note: this edition is the published version of Kipling's original stories, word for word. Older editions were edited for certain words now considered offensive, particularly racial terms. This new edition, however, includes such words in an effort to protect Kipling's original syntax, a fact which customers planning on buying for younger children should consider. That being said, for adult readers this is a fantastic edition that includes Kipling's orginal drawings and captions as well.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good eBook - but no clickable table of contents., March 24, 2011

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This review is from: Just So Stories: for Little Children (Oxford World's Classics) (Kindle Edition)

This is a fine eBook. It has the illustrations from the original, and a somewhat lengthy but interesting introduction about Kipling. However, IT DOES NOT HAVE A CLICKABLE TABLE OF CONTENTS, so you have to page through the book to find each story. I created bookmarks at the start of each story, so that I have my own ToC, but really - it is annoying to buy a book of short stories and find that there is no way to easily access each story. That is the reason for the low rating. Now that I've done the work to organize, I'm quite pleased.

5.0 out of 5 stars stories for children, physical book - not so muc, September 6, 2011

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Monica L. Lenne "mama moni" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just So Stories: for Little Children (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)

I loved stories such as, "How the Camel Got His Hump" while I was a growing up. I was so excited to introduce these to my 2 year old son as a new reading tradition (my mother and I read often). This book is annotated and illustrated and, as mentioned in reviews prior, word for word the stories (some words may be offensive but I read all stories/books before I read them to my son and I can probably think of other words in place of these or just omit them all together).

These stories are cute, fun and answer (humorously - not literally) some of the most wild questions a child might have about animals and nature.

It is a paperback (I wish it was board) so my son won't be able to be unsupervised with it for until he can control his desire to "destroy, rebuild, destroy!" :D I look forward to many nights of adventures with these awesome tales and to hopefully, hand them down, yet again.