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How did the camel get his hump? Why won't cats do as they are told"? Who invented reading and writing? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere.Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables he heard as a child in India, as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world. He plays games with language, exploring the relationships between thought, speech, and written word. He also celebrates his ownjoy in fatherhood. The tales were told to his own and his friends' children over many years before he wrote them down, adding poems and his own illustrations. They invite older and younger readers to share a magical experience, each contributing to the other's pleasure but each can also enjoy themalone, as more jokes, subtexts, and exotic references emerge with every reading.This fully illustrated edition icludes two extra stories and Kipling's own explanation of the title.

ISBN-13

9780199538607

ISBN-10

0199538603

Weight

0.50 Pounds

Dimensions

7.60 x 5.00 x 0.70 In

List Price

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Edition

1st Edition

Format

Paperback

Language

English

Pages

304 pages

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Published On

2009-03-15



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