First published in 1912, &quot;Just So Stories for Children&quot; is a collection of Rudyard Kipling&#39;s animal tales in which we learn about &#39;How the Whale got his Throat&#39;, &#39;How the Camel got his Hump&#39;, &#39;How the Rhinoceros got his Skin&#39;, &#39;How the Leopard got his Spots&#39;, &#39;The Elephant&#39;s Child&#39;, &#39;The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo&#39;, &#39;The Beginning of the Armadilloes&#39;, &#39;How the First Letter was Written&#39;, &#39;How the Alphabet was Made&#39;, &#39;The Crab that Played with the Sea&#39;, &#39;The Cat that Walked by Himself&#39; and &#39;The Butterfly that Stamped&#39;. These witty, inventive stories have delighted generations of children.<br /><br />The graceful prose and pungent humour of these 12 tall tales place them in the same league with such children&#39;s classics as <i>Winnie the Pooh</i> and<i> Alice in Wonderland</i>. Kipling&#39;s verbal dexterity remains audible over time--even the openings of his fantastic fictions hark to a golden age of storytelling.