The Elephant's Child

by Rudyard Kipling

Published 1 October 1970
Everybody's favorite 'Just-So' story, lavishly illustrated. A connoisseur's choice.

How the Camel Got His Hump

by Rudyard Kipling

Published 4 October 1984
Relates how the idle camel got a hump on his back.

How did the cat find its place on our hearthrug without losing its independence?

Butterfly That Stamped

by Rudyard Kipling

Published 1 January 1982

Relates how the crab came to live both in the sea and on land and to lose its hard shell once a year.

A tortoise and a hedgehog combine their natural assets and transform themselves into armadillos to escape the hungry attention of a young jaguar.

How the Alphabet Was Made

by Rudyard Kipling

Published 27 October 1983

Relates how a clever little fish and a mariner of "infinite-resource- and-sagacity" modify the whale's throat to keep him from devouring all the fish in the ocean.