Rudyard kipling18651936 was a nobel prizewinning english writer who today is best known for his wonderful childrens stories, which have become enduring classics of childrens literature. Because of his satiable curtiosity about what the crocodile. M the elephant s child is a fable about how the elephant got its long trunk. We want to turn children on to reading and this is one of those books. When he finally meets the crocodile, he nearly becomes dinner. The elephants child just so stories rudyard kipling lit2go etc. The elephants child by rudyard kipling, 9781596793439, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. He had only a blackish, bulgy nose, as big as a boot, that he could wriggle about from side to side. The elephants child by rudyard kipling, illustrated by geoffrey. He is regarded as a major innovator in the art of the short story. The elephants childhow the elephant got his trunk how the elephants trunk became long.
The elephants child illustrated by rudyard kipling, paperback. Rudyard kipling told his children fanciful tales of how things in the world came to be as they are. Just so stories for little children is a 1902 collection of origin stories by the british author rudyard kipling. Rudyard kipling, english shortstory writer, poet, and novelist chiefly remembered for his celebration of british imperialism, his tales and poems of british soldiers in india, and his tales for children. The elephants child by rudyard kipling kids book club. The elephants child kipling, rudyard, patterson, geoffrey on.
The story starts of with a curios elephant child who was full of curiosity and always got in trouble because. His childrens stories included the jungle book 1894 and just so stories 1902. He received the nobel prize for literature in 1907. Rudyard kipling is remembered for his stories and poems of british soldiers in india and for his tales for children. Kipling wrote some of the best animal stories for children, including his jungle books and just so stories. The insatiably curious elephants child peppers every animal he meets with questions about the mysterious crocodile who lives on the banks of the lompopo river. Considered a classic of childrens literature, the book is among kiplings best. Rudyard kiplings just so stories the british library. The tale of how the elephant got its trunk is one of the most beloved of the just so stories rudyard kipling wrote for children. This is an adaptation of a famous rudyard kipling story, which explains how the elephant got its trunk.
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