Just So Stories

short story collection by Rudyard Kipling

Just So Stories for Little Children is a book of stories by Rudyard Kipling. It was published in 1902 by Macmillan & Co. The stories are "origin stories". They explain how things in the natural world came about, such as the elephant's trunk and the camel's hump. Kipling drew the pictures for the original edition.

Just So Stories
Front cover from a 1912 edition
AuthorRudyard Kipling
Original titleJust So Stories for Little Children
IllustratorRudyard Kipling (original edition)
LanguageEnglish
GenreOrigin tales
PublisherMacmillan & Co.
Publication date
1902
Media typePrint