Beautiful and wonderful. Works of genius by a man who freed himself enough that he could give himself up to that genius instead of trying to make sure that it came out perfectly. As pleasing as his other works are, none I've read can match the joy, humor, simplicity, and odd truth of these.

Like children's literature should be, these stories never lose their humor or punch. Despite some redundancy with actual myths and some cases of artificially lowering complexity for children and hence growing transparent, eminently enjoyable. ( )

I absolutely love this collection. While I have only made my way through half of the tales, I am very excited to read the rest. Each one is silly in its own way, but also effective in teaching a moral of some sort. I appreciate the content descriptions next to each photo as some are quite complex.
This collection would provide a great read in either the classroom or home setting for various ages. Certainly a book that even adults can enjoy.

The Just So Stories are a collection of short 'Creation stories'. How the camel got his hump, How the leopard got his spots, etc. They are meant to be read aloud and the audio version is fantastic. ( )

this was the closest I could find to the version I read- Kipling is timeless and the stories do not change. I like how he portrays the brain out smarting the brawn time and again. The illustrations are from the 1950s and are mostly pen and ink, I would have liked to find a version which had Kipling's drawings.

These are storoes I have loved since I was a small child. Phrases from them e.g. "tidy pachyderm" and "satiable curiosity" were part of the family's language ( )