Tag: Rudyard Kipling

  • How the Camel got his hump

    Is the Camel the laziest creature on earth? How can the other animals get Camel out of the Howling Desert to do his fair share of their work? Can the Jinn help? Re-written and illustrated, this is one of the classic Just So Stories written by Rudyard Kipling – brought up to date with a…

  • 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…