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Just So Stories (version 5)

The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So Stories were illustrated with woodcuts by Kipling himself. Each story is accompanied by a poem, in a somewhat ballad style. Many of the stories are addressed to “Best Beloved” (they were first written for Kipling’s eldest daughter, Josephine, who had died during an outbreak of influenza in 1899), and throughout they use a comically elevated style inspired by the formal speech of India, full of long and improbable-sounding words, some of them made up. As a result, it is a delight to read them aloud, and easy to memorize passages from them. they have been recorded several times before but I wanted to enjoy rolling those wonderful words around myself. What fun! (Summary from Wikipedia)

Year of Publication: 1902Genres: Children's Fiction

Running Time: 3 hours 30 minutes 01 second(12 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Phil Chenevert

#	Chapter Name
	01 - HOW THE WHALE GOT HIS THROAT Phil Chenevert	7:54
	02 - HOW THE CAMEL GOT HIS HUMP Phil Chenevert	7:53
	03 - HOW THE RHINOCEROS GOT HIS SKIN Phil Chenevert	6:37
	04 - HOW THE LEOPARD GOT HIS SPOTS Phil Chenevert	15:18
	05 - THE ELEPHANT'S CHILD Phil Chenevert	18:58
	06 - THE SING-SONG OF OLD MAN KANGAROO Phil Chenevert	9:22
	07 - THE BEGINNING OF THE ARMADILLOS Phil Chenevert	19:57
	08 - HOW THE FIRST LETTER WAS WRITTEN Phil Chenevert	23:34
	09 - HOW THE ALPHABET WAS MADE Phil Chenevert	24:05
	10 - THE CRAB THAT PLAYED WITH THE SEA Phil Chenevert	24:47
	11 - THE CAT THAT WALKED BY HIMSELF Phil Chenevert	26:58
	12 - THE BUTTERFLY THAT STAMPED Phil Chenevert	24:38