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Just So Stories (Selected) (BBC Audio) [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Rudyard Kipling (Author), Johnny Morris (Reader)
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  • Audio CD
  • Publisher: BBC Audiobooks Ltd (4 Feb 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1405687975
  • ISBN-13: 978-1405687973
  • Product Dimensions: 13.6 x 12.4 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 676 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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How did the leopard get his spots? How did the camel get his hump? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere? Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables he heard as a child in India, as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world. Included in this selection are 'How the Whale got his Throat', 'How the Camel got his Hump', 'How the Rhinoceros got his Skin', 'How the Leopard got his Spots', 'The Sing-Sing of Old Kangaroo' and 'The Elephant's Child'.

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Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay in India on 30 December 1865. He was sent back to England when he was seven years old but returned to India in 1882 to work as the assistant editor of the Civil & Military Gazette in Lahore. He published poetry and stories in newspapers but it was the publication of Plain Tales from the Hills in 1888 that brought him his first major success. His most famous works are Barrack-room Ballads (1892), The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and Just So Stories (1902). The Just So Stories were written for his children and are addressed to his six-year-old daughter Josephine, his 'best beloved', who died of pneumonia in 1899. Rudyard Kipling died on 18 January 1936. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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191 of 192 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Listen and enjoy ( and remember Animal Magic!), 15 April 2008
By Helen Whall "Aitch" (Lincolnshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just So Stories (Selected) (BBC Audio) (Audio CD)
I'd always enjoyed being read and later reading myself the Just So Stories. With children of my own I started them on these stories and having a cd of them means we can enjoy them on the move. The joy of hearing Jonnie Morris' super animal voice characterisations just adds to the enjoyment - takes me back to watching Animal Magic - deep joy!
Four year old daughter enjoys listening to the stories but my nine year old son has become a great fan - this now regularly is on his cd player in his room.
Buy this and you'll all be able to listen together and enjoy.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Just So Good, 8 Feb 2009
By R. Leslie (Hampshire, UK) - See all my reviews
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My 3 and 5 year old boys love listening to these Just So Stories in the car or in bed. The stories themselves are engaging and entertaining and Johnny Morris reads them very expressively, as those of us who grew up watching him on TV would expect. I would have rated it 5 stars but felt that there could have been more of the Just So stories on the disc.
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A book that begs to be read aloud, 10 Mar 2001
This review is from: Just So Stories (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) (Hardcover)
Kipling's classic volume of stories concerns the great questions of history; How the Whale got his Throat, How the Camel got his Hump, How the Alphabet was Made and many other thorny dilemmas. The language is sophisticated yet often whimsical and children love to hear the words read aloud. It is tempting to scan ahead and change things, substitute more contemporary phrases for the old but, if you can, resist the urge. Kipling was a master of the language. His writing is balanced and fluid and while it may seem dated when taken piece by piece, its sum is far greater than its parts. Read The Cat that Walked by Himself and you will never look at your own pet in quite the same way again.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Still enchanting
My grandchildren loved this very much and I am sure they will listen to it many times. They were really into the stories and talked about them all day and told their parents... Read more
Published 4 months ago by P. Sonnex

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Recommended by Amazon - because I bought Alan Bennett reading the House at Pooh Corner - but this is nothing like that. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Penelope Name

4.0 out of 5 stars more suited for older children
The voice is fantastic but my 7 year old is not drawn in. He has always listened to audiobooks but this just doesn't seem to catch him, maybe it will be a grower.
Published 5 months ago by podley

4.0 out of 5 stars Just so stories
my son hasn't listened to them as yet because he has some horrid henry ones. The cd plays fine. The reviews were good, so hopefully my son will enjoy them.
Published 6 months ago by md

4.0 out of 5 stars Just So Stories - Audo Book
Item arrived earlier than stated in good condition. I have yet to listen to this audio book, but I was pleased to see it was Johnny Morris who recorded it. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Amets Sorgin

5.0 out of 5 stars Rudyard Kipling Stories
I bought this product as a xmas pressie for my daughter by a well known author whose books I read as a young girl, the stories are read with much clarity and fun that my daughter... Read more
Published 8 months ago by L. M. Scott

5.0 out of 5 stars Does what it says on the tin......
Simple, slim volume with all the Just-so stories and original illustrations.
Not a 'glossy' product, but fine.
Published 8 months ago by John Mullins

4.0 out of 5 stars bedtime story
Brought this for my young nephew who likes stories at bedtime. He listens to this whilst relaxing and falls to sleep no problem.
Published 10 months ago by kerry green

4.0 out of 5 stars Generation after generation
Had these stories on tape for my daughter, now re-living them on CD with my grandsons. They love these classics as much as any of the new tales.
Published 11 months ago by Little Nanny

4.0 out of 5 stars randson's 7th birthday
I love these stories remembered from my own childhood. The book was good - but what a dull cover! More importantly my grandson liked the stories. Read more
Published 11 months ago by P. Wilby

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