Just So Stories

Born in Bombay in 1865, Rudyard Kipling was taken from the exotic sights and sounds of India just five years later and sent to foster parents in England, where he was by his own admission, utterly miserable. When he had children of his own, Kipling made sure that his offspring's young lives were full of mystery and delight, entertaining them by inventing ingenious and amusing explanations to such important childhood questions as how the elephant got its trunk, or the leopard its spots. The original book, published in 1902, contained more than thirty of Kipling's own brilliant illustrations, all of which have been faithfully reproduced in this Aziloth Books edition. Written in comical, grandiloquent style, shot through with beautiful poems and improbably long and hilarious invented words, the 'Just So Stories' have been a firm favourite of children (and adults) for more than a century, and are likely to remain a first choice for bedtime stories for many years to come.

Nascut la Bombay in 1865, Rudyard Kipling a fost luat din privelistile si sunetele exotice ale Indiei doar cinci ani mai tarziu si trimis la parintii adoptivi din Anglia, unde era, dupa propria lui admitere, cu totul mizerabil. Cand a avut copii proprii, Kipling s-a asigurat ca viata tanara a descendentilor sai era plina de mister si incantare, distrandu-i inventand explicatii ingenioase si amuzante la intrebari atat de importante din copilarie, precum modul in care elefantul si-a luat trunchiul sau leopardul petele.