Just So Stories

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Just So Stories is a classic collection of whimsical origin tales for children by Rudyard Kipling, explaining how various animals acquired their distinctive features.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf children's book ⓘ
short story collection ⓘ
author Rudyard Kipling ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstPublicationDate 1902 ⓘ
genre animal fiction ⓘ
children's literature ⓘ
fantasy literature ⓘ
hasAdaptation radio adaptations ⓘ
stage adaptations ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
hasIllustrations yes ⓘ
hasIllustrationsBy Rudyard Kipling ⓘ
hasNarrativeVoice first-person storyteller ⓘ
hasPart How the Alphabet Was Made ⓘ
How the Camel Got His Hump ⓘ
How the First Letter Was Written ⓘ
How the Leopard Got His Spots ⓘ
How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin ⓘ
How the Whale Got His Throat ⓘ
The Beginning of the Armadillos ⓘ
The Butterfly That Stamped ⓘ
The Cat That Walked by Himself ⓘ
The Crab That Played with the Sea ⓘ
The Elephant's Child ⓘ
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo ⓘ
includedIn canon of classic children's literature ⓘ
influenced later children's origin tales ⓘ
intendedAudience children ⓘ
isFamousFor playful, oral-storytelling style ⓘ
whimsical explanations of how animals got their features ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryForm short stories ⓘ
literaryMovement Edwardian literature ⓘ
narrativeStyle mythic explanations ⓘ
origin tales ⓘ
notableCharacter the Cat that walked by himself ⓘ
the Elephant's Child ⓘ
linked to: Elephant’s Child
originalMedium print ⓘ
originalPublisherLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
publisher Macmillan & Co. ⓘ
linked to: Macmillan and Co.
theme animal origins ⓘ
explanations of natural phenomena ⓘ
imagination ⓘ
playful language ⓘ
timePeriodOfCreation early 20th century ⓘ
usesDevice invented words ⓘ
repetition ⓘ
rhythmical prose ⓘ

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Rudyard Kipling → notableWork → Just So Stories ⓘ
The Elephant’s Child → partOf → Just So Stories ⓘ
The Elephant’s Child → firstPublishedIn → Just So Stories for Little Children ⓘ
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Elephant’s Child → appearsIn → Just So Stories ⓘ
Elephant’s Child → firstPublishedIn → Just So Stories ⓘ
How the Camel Got His Hump → partOf → Just So Stories ⓘ
How the Camel Got His Hump → collection → Just So Stories for Little Children ⓘ
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How the Camel Got His Hump → workInSeries → Just So Stories ⓘ
How the Leopard Got His Spots → partOf → Just So Stories ⓘ
How the Whale Got His Throat → partOf → Just So Stories ⓘ
The Cat That Walked by Himself → partOf → Just So Stories ⓘ
The Cat That Walked by Himself → workInSeries → Just So Stories series ⓘ
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How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin → partOf → Just So Stories ⓘ
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo → series → Just So Stories ⓘ
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo → partOf → Just So Stories ⓘ
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo → firstPublishedIn → Just So Stories for Little Children ⓘ
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The Beginning of the Armadillos → series → Just So Stories ⓘ
The Beginning of the Armadillos → fictionalUniverse → Just So Stories universe ⓘ
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How the First Letter Was Written → partOf → Just So Stories ⓘ
How the First Letter Was Written → collectionPublication → Just So Stories for Little Children ⓘ
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How the Alphabet Was Made → partOf → Just So Stories ⓘ
How the Alphabet Was Made → includedIn → Just So Stories: For Little Children ⓘ
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The Crab That Played with the Sea → partOfSeries → Just So Stories for Little Children ⓘ
linked to: Just So Stories
The Butterfly That Stamped → partOf → Just So Stories ⓘ