Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling (9+)

This book contains Rudyard Kipling’s 1902 collection of short stories, Just So Stories – For Little Children. These fantastically imaginative origin stories are amongst the best known of Kipling’s works, and offer entertaining explanations as to how various animals came into being. This wonderful collection would make for ideal bedtime reading, and is well deserving of a place on every family bookshelf.

Contents include: ‘How the Whale got His Throat’, ‘How the Camel Got His Hump’, ‘How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin’, ‘How the Leopard Got His Spots’, ‘The Elephant’s Child’, ‘The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo’, ‘The Beginning of the Armadillos’, ‘How the First Letter was Written’, and more.

These wonderful classic tales are accompanied by the fantastic black and white, humourous line drawings by the author himself.