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Rudyard KiplingJust So Stories (June 1, 2007)

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LibriVox recording of the Just So Stories, by Rudyard Kipling. Read by Kara Shallenberg.

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. 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 memorise passages from them. (Summary from Wikipedia)

Read along online and see the illustrations at mainlesson.com.

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This audio is part of the collection: The LibriVox Free Audiobook Collection
It also belongs to collections: Audio Books & Poetry; Community Audio

Artist/Composer: Rudyard Kipling
Date: 2007-06-01
Source: Librivox recording of a public-domain text
Keywords: LibriVox; literature; audiobook; kipling; just so; animals; children

Creative Commons license: Public Domain


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01 How the Whale Got His Throat 6.7 MB
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02 How The Camel Got His Hump 6.6 MB
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03 How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin 5.4 MB
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04 How the Leopard Got His Spots 12.9 MB
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05 The Elephant's Child 15.6 MB
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06 The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo 7.7 MB
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07 The Beginning of the Armadillos 15.7 MB
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08 How the First Letter was Written 19.9 MB
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09 How The Alphabet Was Made 22.9 MB
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10 The Crab that Played with the Sea 19.5 MB
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11 The Cat that Walked by Himself 22.7 MB
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12 The Butterfly that Stamped 20.6 MB
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Reviewer: squirrel99 - 4.00 out of 5 stars4.00 out of 5 stars4.00 out of 5 stars4.00 out of 5 stars - November 4, 2008
Subject: Just So Stories
Wonderful, childrens stories, complete with a short morality poem at the end of each one. The book is very well read by a single reader.

HEAD'S UP: If downloading for childern be sure and get the pictures from the above link. Also be aware that the "N-word" is used in the story "How the Lepord Got His Spots".


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