How the Just So Stories were made : the brilliance and tragedy behind Kipling's celebrated tales for little children /

From "How the Leopard Got Its Spots" to "The Elephant's Child," Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories have delighted readers across the world for more than a century. In this original study, John Batchelor explores the artistry with which Kipling created the Just So Stories...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Batchelor, John, 1942- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Kipling, Rudyard, > 1865-1936. > Just so stories.
Just so stories (Kipling, Rudyard)
1900-1999
Authors, English > 20th century.
Children's stories, English > History and criticism.
Écrivains anglais > 20e siècle.
Histoires pour enfants anglaises > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's Literature
Children's stories, English.
Authors, English.
Literary criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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 armadilloes
  • How the first letter was written
  • How the alphabet was made
  • The crab that played with the sea
  • The cat that walked by himself
  • The butterfly that stamped
  • The Tabu Tale and Ham and the Porcupine
  • Epilogue.

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