Just So Stories

The graceful prose and pungent humor of these 12 tall tales (which include such favorites as "How the Camel Got His Hump" and "The Elephant s Child") place them in the same league with such children s classics as Winnie the Pooh and Alice in Wonderland. Kipling s verbal dexterity remains audible over time--even the openings of his fantastic fictions hark to a golden age of storytelling. Frampton s elegant, elaborately detailed woodcuts are attractive embellishments to this hefty 122-page collect