Just So Stories (version 2)
The stories, first published in 1902, are fantastic accounts of how various natural phenomena came about. The original editions of Just So Stories were illustrated with woodcuts by Kipling himself. Read along online and see the illustrations at mainlesson.com. Each story is accompanied by a poem, in a somewhat ballad style. Many of the stories are addressed to "Best Beloved" (they were first written for Kipling's eldest daughter, Josephine, who had died during an outbreak of influenza in 1899), and throughout they use a comically elevated style inspired by the formal speech of India, full of long and improbable-sounding words, some of them made up. As a result, it is a delight to read them aloud, and easy to memorise passages from them. (Summary from Wikipedia)
Genre(s): Animals & Nature
Language: English
| Section | Chapter | Reader | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Play 01 | How the Whale Got His Throat | Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
00:07:17 |
| Play 02 | How the Camel Got His Hump | Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
00:07:10 |
| Play 03 | How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin | Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
00:05:53 |
| Play 04 | How the Leopard Got His Spots | Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
00:14:06 |
| Play 05 | The Elephant's Child | Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
00:17:03 |
| Play 06 | The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo | Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
00:08:22 |
| Play 07 | The Beginning of the Armadillos | Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
00:17:06 |
| Play 08 | How the First Letter was Written | Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
00:21:44 |
| Play 09 | How the Alphabet was Made | Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
00:25:01 |
| Play 10 | The Crab that Played with the Sea | Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
00:21:16 |
| Play 11 | The Cat who Walked by Himself | Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
00:24:46 |
| Play 12 | The Butterfly that Stamped | Kara Shallenberg (1969-2023) |
00:22:31 |