How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin is a classic "pourquoi" tale adapted for young readers from Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories. The story tells of a Rhinoceros with smooth, tight-fitting skin and very bad manners who steals a delicious cake from a Parsi man. In a clever act of revenge, the Parsi man fills the Rhinoceros's skin with old, itchy cake crumbs while the animal is swimming. The Rhino…
How the Whale Got His Throat is a delightful retelling of one of Rudyard Kipling's famous "Just So Stories," adapted for early readers by Heather Adams. The story tells the tale of a giant whale that eats every fish in the sea until only one small, clever "Stute Fish" remains. The whale eventually swallows a shipwrecked mariner, who uses his ingenuity to escape by fixing a wooden grate in the w…