Customer Reviews

Rabbit Ears Treasury of Animal Stories: How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Leopard Got His Spots, Monkey People

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We chanced upon the Rabbit Ears series when my cousin came to town for a visit. What a wonderful treat for our granddaughters. Kipling has always been a favorite of mine, and it was fun to share him. The recordings are quite good, and they easily held the interest of various cousins ranging from 3 to 11 years old ( even the very cool 14 year old was listening).

The Monkey People story is a very sophisticated and easy to understand story that can be enjoyed by all age persons. Further it teaches a moral lesson about the need to take action rather than just talk.

The voices and the music are so well done on these that they are great for the whole family!

This is a fun collection of the Just So Stories. The readers add so much fun and the music adds sparkle to these classic tales.

My kids listened to the Rabbit Ears productions of the Just So stories when they were little, and now my granddaughter is doing the same. They are wonderful! Rabbit Ears Treasury of Animal Stories: How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Leopard Got His Spots, Monkey People

I have two sons, three and five, and this is by far the family favorite of all the Rabbit Ears CD's that we own. Nicholson is brilliant, taking his time and telling a great story. The marriage of Jack and Kipling is brilliant. Danny Glover's rendition of How the Leopard got his Spots, isn't my favorite, he has an affected "african" accent which is distracting and hard to understand, but sandwiched between the other Kipling stories and Raul Julia's reading of "The Monkey People", it can be overlooked. This is a double CD, which makes it a great gift for anyone with toddlers! I have bought it for my family and three others.

Rabbit Ears Animal Stories is one of the first audio CDs made from Rabbit Ears and is easily one of the best out of the whole series. This audio CD contains four stories about arrogant, rude, lazy, and determined animals. My favorite ones are: How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, How the Camel Got His Hump and The Monkey People.

Jack Nicholson, who narrates the stories "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin" and "How the Camel Got His Hump," has a very silky voice that soothes you to the bone as you hear him narrate these stories and Bobby McFerrin's music is enchanting to listen to as he mainly uses various sounds to make music. Danny Glover is excellent in the story "How the Leoparad Got His Spots," as he uses an African accent to narrate the story and Lady Black Mambazo's music is definitely mesmerizing as they vocally sing in African tones. Raul Julia narrates with a proper tone in "The Monkey People" indicating the arrogance of the village people in the story and Lee Ritenour's music has a Colombian style that makes it interesting to listen to. This audio CD will clearly grab anyone's attention for Rabbit Ears fans.

I purchased this for my 3 year old daughter who loves stories and books, but this was a bit out of her league. The stories were good, but the verbage was way over her head, and didn't keep her interest. There is a lot of pausing for the music to be played, and she got bored very quickly. I will put it away and try again next year.

We got this for my 2 boys, ages 7 and 9. They loooove books on CD and have quite a few, as well as regularly check them out from our local library. Out of all those I've listened to, this one is probably one I care least for. There are so many other audiobooks we'd rather listen to. We almost never listen to this anymore.

I bought this tape for a 14-hour car ride, with my husband and 5-year old. It was entertaining, but only took up about 1-2 hours of the ride. The stories are really too complicated for a 5-year old, but the music kept her entertained enough to listen through to the end. With an explanation of the story afterwards, my daughter (and my husband) thought the stories were interesting. My opinion...the Monkey People was the best narration, followed by the Leopard.

Overall...this CD is for older children or adults.