Kipling, Rudyard: Just So Stories Complete & Unabridged, Macmillan Collector's Library

Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.These twelve magical tales tell, among other things, how the camel got his hump, the leopard his spots, the elephant his trunk, how the alphabet was made and how a butterfly caused mayhem at the court of King Solomon when he stamped. The Just So Stories are one of the enduring classics of children's literature, not only for their wit, enchantment and language but also for Kipling's own illustrations.With an Afterword by Marcus ClaphamStories in this edition:How the Whale Got His ThroatHow the Camel Got His HumpHow the Rhinoceros Got His SkinHow the Leopard Got His SpotsThe Elephant's Child/How the Elephant got his TrunkThe Sing-Song of Old Man KangarooThe Beginning of the ArmadillosHow the First Letter Was WrittenHow the Alphabet Was MadeThe Crab That Played with the SeaThe Cat That Walked by HimselfThe Butterfly That Stamped