Just So Stories
by Rudyard Kipling
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Author: Rudyard KiplingEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1978-08-05
ISBN: 0517266555
Number of pages: 210
Publisher: Weathervane Books
Book Reviews of Just So Stories
Book Review: Just so-so.
Summary: 3 Stars
I hate to disagree with the vast majority of reviewers here, but as a whole, I don't think the book works.
"The Elephant's Child" and "The Cat That Walked By Himself" are memorable- I have fond memories of listening to audio recording of those when I was really young. "The great gray-green greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever trees," is imaginative writing. Another favorite passage, "'My young friend, if you do not now, immediately and instantly, pull as hard as ever you can, it is my opinion that your acquaintance in the large paern leather ulter' (and by this he meant the Crocodile) 'will jerk you into yonder limpid stream before you can say Jack Robinson.' This is the way Bi-Coloured-Python-Rock-Snakes always talk." And who can forget "'Nenni!' said the Cat. 'I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.'"?
The other stories, unfortunately, are forgettable. "How the First Letter Was Written" failed to capture at least my imagination, though it did have some moments. In addition, "The Butterfly that Stamped" is just bizarre. The other stories are similarly weak.
I'm glad I own the book for the two stories I mentioned above, as they are classics. But taken as a whole, I think that the "Just So Stories" are vastly overrated.
Summary of Just So Stories
Kipling's own drawings, with their long, funny captions, illustrate his hilarious explanations of How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, How the Armadillo Happened, and other animal How's. He began inventing these stories in his American wife's hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont, to amuse his eldest daughter--and they have served ever since as a source of laughter for children everywhere.Animals Books
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