Before the High and Far-Off Times, O my Best Beloved, came the Time of the Very Beginnings
So commences the series of incredible tales from master storyteller Rudyard Kipling. How did the whale get his throat? Why was the lazy camel lumbered with a hump? And how did the elephants insatiable curiosity earn him a trunk?
Kipling first invented these delightful, warm and humorous stories about the beginning of the world and the first animals in it for his own daughter, Josephine, who tragically died when she was six. Devastated by her loss, Kipling compiled the stories they had shared together into a treasury, which was first published in 1902. Conjuring up distant lands and exotic jungles, the imaginative tales are bewitching for both children and adults.
This new edition brings together the complete and unabridged text (including the thirteenth story, The Tabu Tale, which is often excluded from modern publications). Award-winning artist Robert Ingpen has interpreted and enriched the stories with stunning new illustrations that bring an unforgettable cast of extraordinary animal characters to life.
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This new edition brings together the complete and unabridged text (including the thirteenth story, The Tabu Tale, which is often excluded from modern publications). Award-winning artist Robert Ingpen has interpreted and enriched the stories with stunning new illustrations that bring an unforgettable cast of extraordinary animal characters to life.
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6 | (5) |
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How the Whale got his Throat |
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11 | (9) |
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How the Camel got his Hump |
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20 | (11) |
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How the Rhinoceros got his Skin |
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31 | (7) |
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How the Leopard got his Spots |
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38 | (12) |
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50 | (14) |
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The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo |
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64 | (10) |
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The Beginning of the Armadillos |
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74 | (14) |
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How the First Letter was Written |
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88 | (14) |
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How the Alphabet was Made |
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102 | (16) |
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118 | (18) |
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The Crab that Played with the Sea |
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136 | (17) |
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The Cat that Walked by Himself |
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153 | (18) |
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The Butterfly that Stamped |
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171 | (17) |
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Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, but educated in England. In 1882 he returned to India, where he started work as a journalist and, while there, produced a body of work, stories, sketches and poems, which made him an instant literary celebrity. The Jungle Book, published in 1894, became a childrens classic all over the world.
Robert Ingpen was born in 1936 in Geelong, Australia, and still lives and works nearby in Barwon Heads. He studied illustration art and book design at The Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. In 1986 he was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his contribution to childrens literature and he has been honoured with Membership of the Order of Australia. A world-renowned artist and author, Ingpen has designed, illustrated and written more than one hundred books, including his highly acclaimed series of illustrated Childrens Classics, which have now been published in many editions around the world.
