How The Kipling Got His ReputationOnce upon a time, Best Beloved, when the world was middle-aged and good Queen Victoria sat on the throne, there was a Kipling. And even though he constantly had to carry around a White Man's Burden (an object, by the way, which he had invented himself, and very prou...
A selection of delightful stories about the beginning of things. I was quite amused by them. I'd read "The Elephant's Child" as a kid, but didn't know any of the others. I especially loved "How The Alphabet Was Made" which I think is the best of the lot.
One of the first books that was ever read to me aloud. I remember the illustration with the sea monster that went with "The Butterfly that Stamped" story used to freak me out a bit.
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