Just So Stories

By Rudyard Kipling, Introduction by Philip Pullman

Vintage Classics

JUVENILE FICTION

224 Pages, 5 x 8

Formats: Trade Paper

Trade Paper, $17.99 (US $17.99)

Publication Date: January 2009

ISBN 9780099511823

Rights: US

Penguin Random House UK (Jan 2009)
Vintage Classics

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Overview

**The author of The Golden Compass lends an introduction to Kipling's classic collection of origin stories.**

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 and introduce such memorable characters as the Elephant’s Child, the Cat that Walked by Himself, and the Butterfly that Stamped.

The illustrations by Rudyard Kipling contain puzzles and clues that add an extra dimension to the stories.

Reviews

"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?" —Daily Telegraph

"They sing in my head even now . . . What a wonderful storyteller/poet he was." —Michael Morpurgo, author, War Horse

"The Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling have always held a fascination for me, and doubtless sparked off my love of India." —HRH The Prince of Wales

Author Biography

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) is best known for Barrack-room Ballads, The Jungle Book, and Kim. Just So Stories were written for his children and are addressed to his six-year-old daughter Josephine, his "best beloved," who died of pneumonia in 1899. Philip Pullman is best known as the author of the His Dark Materials trilogy.

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