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Selected Just So Stories

By: Rudyard Kipling
Narrated by: Johnny Morris
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 The complete collection of Rudyard Kipling's classic fables, read by Johnny Morris.

Have you ever wondered how and why the animals came to be as they are? In these magical tales, drawn from stories he heard as a child in India as well as on folk traditions he later collected all over the world, Rudyard Kipling gives some wonderfully imaginative explanations.

This selection includes 'The Beginning of the Armadillos', 'The Cat that Walked by Himself', and 'The Butterfly that Stamped'. Originally told by Rudyard Kipling for his own children, these witty, fanciful tales have been loved by generations of children ever since.

©2008 Audible, Inc. (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Animals Animals & Nature Classics Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Fiction Comedy Witty Funny Suspenseful
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Very good audiobook. The last stories are a bit longer and harder to follow for smaller children but the first ones were appropriate to (almost) all ages.

Great stories, very well read.

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Would you consider the audio edition of The Complete Just So Stories to be better than the print version?

Overall print is better. With the audio book you miss out on the second Taffy story, How The Alphabet Was Made, as it is so dependant on the illustrations (it's well worth the effort to track down a print version with the original illustrations). I am very disappointed that Kipling's verses that accompany each story have been excluded from the audio book.

What did you like best about this story?

The great use of language and the lyrical quality of the prose.

What about Johnny Morris’s performance did you like?

Just hearing Johnny Morris's voice again catapulted me back to childhood. For millions of British kids growing up in the 60s and 70s there is no voice that talking animals could possibly have other than his (except, perhaps, Willie Rushton). A classic book read by a classic performer.

Any additional comments?

A must have for anyone who was lucky enough to have the book read to them as a child. And a must have for anyone living with someone who had the book read to them as a child - it will shed light on why otherwise perfectly normal people go around using words like "sclusive", "curtiosity" and refer to their husbands as men of "infinite-resource-and-sagacity".

Magical, O Best Beloved

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These classic tales are read by the master of animal stories in a way that appeals to both adults and children . These are fairy tales and fables that have been stimulating the imagination of generations and this production does much to promote this worthy tradition.

Beautiful rendition of a classic set of tales.

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I mean I didn’t have another audio book to listen to so I just had to make do with this. It’s listenable and......well......interesting?!
How I felt in stages when listening to this:😤🔜🙄🔜🤔🔜😮🔜🙂

Only listen if ur bored🤪

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Great excellent spectacular amazing terrific great excellent great I couldn't think of any more words!!!!!!!!!!!

Gr8

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