Just So Stories - Couverture rigide

Kipling, Rudyard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1405267399 ISBN 13 : 9781405267397

Editeur : Egmont UK, 2013

Synopsis

Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and be happened and became and was: O my Best Beloved, when the tame animals were wild...Have you ever wondered how the Leopard got his spots? How the Rhinosaurus got his skin? Or how the Alphabet was made? This witty and wonderful collection of Just So Stories embarks upon a fanciful voyage to unearth the answers to these very questions, and more. The Just So Stories have long been regarded as a true classic of children's literature. This Heritage edition is published with Rudyard Kipling's original 1902 drawings, and colour illustrations by Chris Riddell. "Just So Stories was the first book I ever truly loved". (Michael Morpurgo).

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PHILIP PULLMAN

'They sing in my head even now... What a wonderful storyteller/poet he was' Michael Morpurgo, Guardian

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.

'Quite irresistible' The Times

ILLUSTRATED BY THE AUTHOR

See also: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Biographie de l'auteur

Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay (now known as Mumbai), India, but returned with his parents to England at the age of five. Among Kipling’s best-known works are The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, and the poems “Mandalay” and “Gunga Din.” Kipling was the first English-language writer to receive the Nobel Prize for literature (1907) and was among the youngest to have received the award. 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Egmont UK
• Date d'édition: 2013
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1405267399
• ISBN 13: 9781405267397
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible