A Collection of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories

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A beautifully illustrated collection of Rudyard Kipling's timeless animal tales.

How did the rhinoceros get his wrinkly skin Why won't cats come when they're called How did one curious elephant with a nose for trouble change the lives of all elephants everywhere These eight well-loved stories give inspired answers to these and other intriguing questions. Each story is illustrated by a major contemporary picture-book artist.

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Rudyard Kipling (18651936), poet, short-story writer and journalist, was born in India. In 1907 he became the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Among his classic works are the poem If and The Jungle Book. He is buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.