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.

Relates how the greyish-yellowish-brownish leopard came by his spots.

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


When a rude rhino steals a cake, the baker gets even by filling the rhino's skin with itchy cake crumbs in this graphic retelling of Rudyard Kipling's classic tale.

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.

How the Rhino Got His Skin

by Rudyard Kipling

Published 29 September 1988