Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling

Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book and Alices Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.

Hilarious, lively stories..drawn from the storytelling traditions of India and Africa * Daily Express *
The Just So Stories by Rudyard Kipling have always held a fascination for me, and doubtless sparked off my love of India -- H.M The Prince of Wales
Today's children would do well to abandon their computers and iPods for an hour or two and read him -- Griff Rhys Jones * Daily Mail *
Weird and wonderful * Daily Telegraph *

Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in India in 1865 to British parents, and brought up by a Portuguese ‘ayah’ (nanny) and an Indian servant, who would entertain him with fabulous stories and Indian nursery rhymes. He was sent back to England when he was seven years old, and lived in a boarding house with a couple who were cruelly strict. Fortunately he returned to India aged sixteen, to work as the assistant editor of a newspaper in Lahore. He began publishing stories and poems and eventually had great success with his book Plain Tales from the Hills. After his marriage Kipling settled in America, and it was here that he wrote The Jungle Book. He then moved with his family to England, where he wrote Just So Stories for his daughter Josephine who later tragically died of pneumonia. Rudyard Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907 and died on 18 January 1936.

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ISBN 13	9780099582588
ISBN 10	0099582589
Title	Just So Stories
Author	Rudyard Kipling
Series	Vintage Children's Classics Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2013-06-06
Number of pages	272
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