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Just So Stories

by Rudyard Kipling & Joseph Joseph Michael Gleeson (Illustrator)

  • First published:
  • 20th century
  • Languages: English, Spanish
  • Content type: FictionJuvenile
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"Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of origin stories published in 1902. These whimsical tales explain how animals acquired their distinctive features—from the leopard's spots to the elephant's trunk to the camel's hump. Beginning as bedtime stories told to his daughter that had to be recounted "just so," Kipling crafted fantastical accounts where magical beings and humans transform creatures through curious encounters. Illustrated by Kipling himself, these stories blend playful storytelling with imaginative explanations of the natural world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from project-gutenberg matched “folklore” and “mythology”. Retained metadata contains “Tales” in the description and “Legends” in the subject metadata.

    • “folklore”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “mythology”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Tales”· in description
    • “Legends”· in subject
  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Animism”.

    • “Animism”· via Open Library

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Open Library reports 245 editions; 3 cataloged here.

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2018Standard EbooksEnglish—Public

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2001-08-01Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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2010-05-23Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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  • Open Library reports 245 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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