BVBook Verdict
Recommended

Just So Stories

by Rudyard Kipling · 1922

Short Stories · ranked #23 in category

Seven tales that explain special things about animals, such as how the whale got his tiny throat, the camel his hump and the leopard his spots.

UK: Bookshop.org US: Print on Amazon Kindle Audiobook

UK visitors: Bookshop.org supports independent bookshops. All links open a search — never a specific listing. As an Amazon Associate and Bookshop.org affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases.

The verdict

Category
Short Stories
First published
1922 · 1920s
Author
Rudyard Kipling
Standing
Recommended

More by Rudyard Kipling

Kim Rudyard Kipling · 1901 Recommended See details →
The Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling · 1893 Recommended See details →
The Second Jungle Book Rudyard Kipling · 1887 Recommended See details →
Rewards and fairies Rudyard Kipling · 1910 Recommended See details →
The eyes of Asia Rudyard Kipling · 1916 Recommended See details →
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi Rudyard Kipling · 1893 Recommended See details →

If you liked this

More short stories worth your shelf. See the full books like Just So Stories list.

Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri · 1999 Editor's Choice See details →
Exhalation Ted Chiang · 2019 Essential Read See details →
Dear Life Alice Munro · 2012 Recommended See details →
A Good Man Is Hard to Find Flannery O'Connor · 1955 Recommended See details →
A Dog of Flanders Ouida · 1800 Recommended See details →
A Garland for Girls Louisa May Alcott · 1887 Recommended See details →

Ready to read it?

Get Just So Stories

Buy at Bookshop.org → Print on Amazon → Kindle edition Audiobook

As an Amazon Associate, Bookshop.org and CJ Affiliate we earn from qualifying purchases.

Magzter

Between books? Read magazines too.

Book readers love Magzter — 10,000+ magazines and newspapers on any device, 50% off the annual GOLD plan.

Start Reading — 50% off Annual Plan →