Just So Stories

Book • 1902
Just So Stories, first published in 1902, is a collection of origin stories that explain how animals came to have their unique characteristics.

The stories were originally told as bedtime tales to Kipling's daughter Josephine.

The book includes famous tales like 'How the Camel Got His Hump' and 'How the Leopard Got His Spots', and features illustrations by Kipling himself.

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