How the elephant got its trunk, is because the croc clasped its jaws around the elephant child s trunk and pulled at it. For, o best beloved, you will see and understand that the crocodile had pulled it out into a really truly trunk same as all elephants have today. Just so stories, by rudyard kipling project gutenberg. This is a version of one of the bestloved just so stories. The elephants child rudyard kiplings just so stories. The elephants child rudyard kiplings just so stories paperback august 7, 2008 by rudyard kipling author. But there was one elephanta new elephantan elephants childwho was. The elephants child from the just so stories hardcover october 12, 1986 by rudyard kipling author. Rudyard kipling books list of books by author rudyard. The garden city publishing version offers both color and blackwhite material by feodor rojankovsky, which enhance the tale of the insatiably curious elephant. For collections that do not have a picturebook edition, though, this elephants child is a good choice. But it never grew any shorter, and, besides, it made him squint. The elephants child just so stories rudyard kipling lit2go etc.
Rudyard kiplings story of how the elephant got its trunk has always delighted. The elephant s child sat there for three days waiting for his nose to shrink. Just so stories for little children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the british author rudyard kipling. How the elephant got its trunk, is because the croc clasped its jaws around the elephant childs trunk and pulled at it. Kipling began working on the book by telling the first three chapters as bedtime stories to his daughter josephine. This is a beautifully illustrated childs version of one of the best just so stories by rudyard kipling. Just so stories by rudyard kipling, 9781509805587, available at book. Rudyard kiplings just so stories the elephants child. First published in 1902, this unique and hilarious tale tells the story of the.
Considered a classic of childrens literature, the book. Considered a classic of childrens literature, the book is among kiplings best known works. Rudyard kipling, tim raglin, jack nicholson, bobby mcferrin. Rudyard kipling s just so stories, originally published in 1902, are perennial favourites, and can be read by adults and children alike. Just so stories was the first book that michael morpurgo loved as a child. The elephants child just so stories rudyard kipling. The cure for this ill is not to sit still, or frowst with a book by the fire.
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