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Title: How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Narrator: Geoffrey Palmer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-27-13
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7
Publisher's Summary:
This is a story from the Just So Stories collection.
Here is the complete and unabridged collection of Rudyard Kipling's delightful Just So Stories, which he first told to his own children before setting them down on paper: How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Leopard Got His Spots, How the Elephant Got His Trunk, The Butterfly that Stamped, and many others. Written in the late 1800s and first published in 1902, these enchanting animals remain unforgettable, over 100 years later. To hear these magic fables by a master of children's literature is to enjoy them.
Editorial Reviews:
Rudyard Kiplings Just So Stories were initially composed as origin stories: new mythologies intended to illuminate how the various patterns and paw-prints and habits and habitats of the animal kingdom came to be. In "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin", Kipling explains why the rhinoceros - once, he says, a sleek smooth creature - has such crinkly, crumply, bumpy skin - and further, why he is such an irritable beast....
Geoffrey Palmer displays his admirable vocal range in this light performance, drawing out the deft humor of Kiplings prose while simultaneously lending this sly story an air of true mythological gravity.
Critic Reviews:
"This collection includes Kipling's 12 original Just So Stories narrated by Geoffrey Palmer, whose deep and resonant voice is perfectly suited to the tales. It is satisfying to hear the stories as they were meant to be told - aloud." (School Library Journal)
Members Reviews:
A wonderful classic
This is the bedtime book of my childhood. I love it, and I often refer to it. (Everybody knows a "Cat who Walks by Himself," right?) It ushered-in a lifelong love of Kipling and evocative and often amusing stories of animals and the Raj. This one was my favorite...a book of amusingly charming parables for the young and not-so-young. I also loved "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book." Akela the wolf was my hero, and I was unendly jealous of Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves.
If you haven't read "Just So Stories," put it on your Kindle. Each story takes only a few minutes to read...I re-read them while I'm in a waiting room, using the Kindle App on my iPhone.
I was a little disappointed in this book
I was a little disappointed in this book. I bought it for a 3 year old and the illustrations are in black and white. OK for an older child but I had to look into other versions for one with color illustrations to stimulate the imagination of a 3 year old.
It is a bit annoying how the drawings were placed
It is a bit annoying how the drawings were placed, sometimes an obvious easy bump up or down a page would have left the story less broken up, but the version is decent - though remind me on my third time reading with kids to skip the crab story, no one likes it.
Great as a reading copy, not great for illustrations
This edition is a slim paperback with somewhat poor reproductions of Kipling's original art. I'd much prefer a larger, better-illustrated volume for my child.
Classic Kipling
I read this first when I was about 7 yrs old. It's held up well except for the overt colonialism, but Kipling didn't know any better...or DID he? I've bought the same book for my 7 yr old granddaughter.
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Title: How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Narrator: Geoffrey Palmer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-27-13
Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 3 votes
Genres: Kids, Ages 5-7
Publisher's Summary:
This is a story from the Just So Stories collection.
Here is the complete and unabridged collection of Rudyard Kipling's delightful Just So Stories, which he first told to his own children before setting them down on paper: How the Camel Got His Hump, How the Leopard Got His Spots, How the Elephant Got His Trunk, The Butterfly that Stamped, and many others. Written in the late 1800s and first published in 1902, these enchanting animals remain unforgettable, over 100 years later. To hear these magic fables by a master of children's literature is to enjoy them.
Editorial Reviews:
Rudyard Kiplings Just So Stories were initially composed as origin stories: new mythologies intended to illuminate how the various patterns and paw-prints and habits and habitats of the animal kingdom came to be. In "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin", Kipling explains why the rhinoceros - once, he says, a sleek smooth creature - has such crinkly, crumply, bumpy skin - and further, why he is such an irritable beast....
Geoffrey Palmer displays his admirable vocal range in this light performance, drawing out the deft humor of Kiplings prose while simultaneously lending this sly story an air of true mythological gravity.
Critic Reviews:
"This collection includes Kipling's 12 original Just So Stories narrated by Geoffrey Palmer, whose deep and resonant voice is perfectly suited to the tales. It is satisfying to hear the stories as they were meant to be told - aloud." (School Library Journal)
Members Reviews:
A wonderful classic
This is the bedtime book of my childhood. I love it, and I often refer to it. (Everybody knows a "Cat who Walks by Himself," right?) It ushered-in a lifelong love of Kipling and evocative and often amusing stories of animals and the Raj. This one was my favorite...a book of amusingly charming parables for the young and not-so-young. I also loved "The Jungle Book" and "The Second Jungle Book." Akela the wolf was my hero, and I was unendly jealous of Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves.
If you haven't read "Just So Stories," put it on your Kindle. Each story takes only a few minutes to read...I re-read them while I'm in a waiting room, using the Kindle App on my iPhone.
I was a little disappointed in this book
I was a little disappointed in this book. I bought it for a 3 year old and the illustrations are in black and white. OK for an older child but I had to look into other versions for one with color illustrations to stimulate the imagination of a 3 year old.
It is a bit annoying how the drawings were placed
It is a bit annoying how the drawings were placed, sometimes an obvious easy bump up or down a page would have left the story less broken up, but the version is decent - though remind me on my third time reading with kids to skip the crab story, no one likes it.
Great as a reading copy, not great for illustrations
This edition is a slim paperback with somewhat poor reproductions of Kipling's original art. I'd much prefer a larger, better-illustrated volume for my child.
Classic Kipling
I read this first when I was about 7 yrs old. It's held up well except for the overt colonialism, but Kipling didn't know any better...or DID he? I've bought the same book for my 7 yr old granddaughter.