Tag: Rudyard Kipling

  • 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…

  • How the Rhinoceros got his Skin – Story Video

    Here is the latest story on my Learn English Through Story channel. The Rhinoceros has lovely skin that fits just right. But what happens when he spies a cake that Man has just made? A special cake with currants and plums in it… A fresh, new retelling of the classic Just So Story from the…

  • Visit to Rudyard Kipling’s House – Batemans

    On wednesday, followinging on from yesterday’s blog, I visited Batemans, a National Trust property in Kent that was once the home of the Nobel Prize-winning writer, Rudyard Kipling – who wrote the Jungle book. He also wrote the Just So Stories. I loved those stories so much as a child, that I ended up re-writing…