Just So Stories

ed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector‘s Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector‘s Library are books to love and treasure. These twelve magical tales tell, among other things, how the camel got his hump, the leopard his spots, the elephant his trunk, how the alphabet was made and how a butterfly caused mayhem at the court of King Solomon when he stamped. The Just So Stories are one of the enduring classics of children‘s literature, not only for their wit, enchantment and language but also for Kipling‘s own illustrations. With an Afterword by Marcus Clapham Stories in this edition: 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/How the Elephant got his Trunk The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo The Beginning of the Armadillos 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