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Just So Stories

Rudyard Kipling

Just So Stories

Paper book: €16.99

Digital: €4.99

Original publication
1902
Monolingual
22 October 2026
Pages
241
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Children's Literature, Humor
Moods
Have a laugh, Be enchanted, Feel comforted
Translated from
English

Book summary

In this collection of twelve stories, Rudyard Kipling explains to a child he calls “Best Beloved” how the whale got his throat, the camel his hump, the leopard his spots and the elephant his trunk. We also learn how the first letter and the alphabet were invented.

Full of sound games, refrains and made-up words, these funny, mischievous tales are made to be read aloud, to children and grown-ups alike.

Short and rhythmic, these stories can be read one by one in the language you are learning.

The plot

Um elefantezinho que quer saber tudo. Antigamente, os elefantes não tinham tromba, só um narizinho. Um jovem elefante faz perguntas sem parar. Um dia, quer saber o que come o crocodilo, mas ninguém lhe responde. Então…

The world of the book

No princípio do mundo. Estas histórias passam-se há muitíssimo tempo, quando os animais ainda não tinham a forma de hoje. Dão a volta ao mundo: um rio de África, os desertos da Austrália, as margens do Amazonas, a…

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