Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Format: Hardback
No. of Pages: 224
Publisher: Everyman
Language: English
Date Published: 1992-10-29
Dimensions: 160 x 208 x 20mm
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
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Illustrations: b&w illustrations, 2-colour endpapers, bookplate

Kipling began these stories in Vermont, to amuse his daughter when they were living in his wife's home town. The comic explanations, such as how the camel got his hump and how the whale got his throat, are complemented by the author's illustrations, with their extensive and ridiculous captions.