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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.
For more free audio books or to become a volunteer reader, visit LibriVox.org.
This audio is part of the collection: LibriVox
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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| just_so_kara_librivox_64kb_mp3.zip | 64Kbps MP3 ZIP | 88 MB |
| Audio Files | 128Kbps MP3 | Ogg Vorbis | 64Kbps MP3 |
| 01 How the Whale Got His Throat | 6.68 MB | 3.67 MB | 3.34 MB |
| 02 How The Camel Got His Hump | 6.58 MB | 3.59 MB | 3.29 MB |
| 03 How The Rhinoceros Got His Skin | 5.40 MB | 2.95 MB | 2.70 MB |
| 04 How the Leopard Got His Spots | 13 MB | 7.00 MB | 6.46 MB |
| 05 The Elephant's Child | 16 MB | 8.43 MB | 7.81 MB |
| 06 The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo | 7.67 MB | 4.16 MB | 3.83 MB |
| 07 The Beginning of the Armadillos | 16 MB | 8.66 MB | 7.83 MB |
| 08 How the First Letter was Written | 20 MB | 11 MB | 9.95 MB |
| 09 How The Alphabet Was Made | 23 MB | 13 MB | 11 MB |
| 10 The Crab that Played with the Sea | 19 MB | 11 MB | 9.74 MB |
| 11 The Cat that Walked by Himself | 23 MB | 12 MB | 11 MB |
| 12 The Butterfly that Stamped | 21 MB | 11 MB | 10 MB |
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| just_so_kara_librivox_meta.xml | Metadata | 1.99 KB |
| just_so_kara_librivox_reviews.xml | Metadata | 761 B |
![[4.0 out of 5 stars]](/images/star.png "[4.0 out of 5 stars]")
Reviewer: squirrel99 - - 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".