How did the rhinoceros get his wrinkly skin? Why won't cats come when they're called? How did one curious elephant with a nose for trouble change the lives of all elephants everywhere? These eight best-loved stories give inspired answers to these and other intriguing questions. Each story is illustrated by a different major contemporary picture-book artist.

General Information

ISBN : 9781844287321
Publisher : walker
Imprint : walker
Publication date : 01 November 2004
Produced in : United Kingdom
Product Type : books

Other Specifications

Author : Rudyard Kipling
Bind : Hardback
Edition : New edition
Pages : 128
Illustrations : illustrations

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Author description

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), poet, short-story writer, journalist, was born in India. In 1907 he became the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Among his classic works are the poem "If" and "The Jungle Book". He is buried in Poets' Corner in Westminster Abbey.