Just So Stories

Kipling's own drawings, with their long, funny captions, illustrate his hilarious explanations of "How the Camel Got His Hump, " "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin, " "How the Armadillo Happened, " and other animal How's. He began inventing these stories in his American wife's hometown of Brattleboro, Vermont, to amuse his eldest daughter--and they have served ever since as a source of laughter for children everywhere.