Category: Stories
A Fresh Re-telling of Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories
The Just So Stories were written a long time ago. Times, attitudes and the use of language were very different. I loved these stories as a child, but when I came to read them to my children, I saw there were problems. Eventually, I decided to do something about it and re-write the stories for…
How the Leopard Got His Spots – Rudyard Kipling – Just So Stories – Read Along
The leopard is happy to be sandy-yellow and greyish-brow all over. But when he goes to the speckly-spiclkly forest, he begins to wonder if spots would be better… A fresh, new retelling of the classic Just So Story. The author, Rudyard Kipling, also wrote the Jungle Book over a hundred years ago. How the Leopard…
The Cat That Walked By Himself – Rudyard Kipling – Just So Stories – Read Along
The Cat is the wildest Animal in the Wild Wet Woods. But when he sees the Man and Woman living in a warm, dry cave, he starts thinking about how he can join them… A fresh, new retelling of the classic Just So Story. The author, Rudyard Kipling, also wrote the Jungle Book over a…