Just So Stories
$27.97
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
1 January 2009
Summary
These stories have the ageless resonance of myth, for beneath his addictive adventures and hypnotic prose, Kipling was grappling with big questions—who are we? Where do we come from? How should we live?
“They sing in my head even now… What a wonderful storyteller/poet he was.” Michael Morpurgo, Guardian
Have you ever wondered how the leopard got his spots? Or how the camel got his hump? Rudyard Kipling’s witty and beautifully written stories explain these secrets and many more…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099511823 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099511827 |
| Author: | Rudyard Kipling, Philip Pullman |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 2009 |
| Weight: | 174g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
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Critics Review
“They sing in my head even now … What a wonderful storyteller/poet he was.”
Today’s children would do well to abandon their computers and iPods for an hour or two and read him – Griff Rhys Jones * Daily Mail *Weird and wonderful * Daily Telegraph *Kipling was one of the greatest wordsmiths of the English language and these fables are told in a simple and irresistible manner. They’re timeless – Martin Bell * Daily Express *The Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling have always held a fascination for me, and doubtless sparked off my love of India – H.M The Prince of WalesKipling is a writer for our times, and for all time – Roger Moore * The Times *
About The Author
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India, in 1865 to British parents. He was raised by a Portuguese nanny and an Indian servant who filled his childhood with stories and nursery rhymes. At the age of seven, he was sent to England to live in a strict boarding house.
He returned to India at sixteen to work as an assistant editor for a newspaper in Lahore. There, he began publishing stories and poems, achieving early success with Plain Tales from the Hills. After his marriage, Kipling settled in America, where he wrote The Jungle Book.
He later moved his family to England, where he penned Just So Stories for his daughter Josephine. Tragically, Josephine later died of pneumonia.
Rudyard Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 and passed away on January 18, 1936.
Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman is a highly respected contemporary author of children’s literature. He has received numerous prestigious awards, including the Carnegie of Carnegies and the Whitbread Award. His epic fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials, is celebrated as a modern classic, with over 17.5 million copies sold globally and translations into 40 languages. In 2005, he was honored with the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. He resides in Oxford.
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