COMPLETE CHILDREN'S SHORT STORIES

The Jungle Book introduces Mowgli, the boy foundling adopted by a family ofwolves, Shere Khan the tiger, Bagheera the black panther and Baloo thesleepy brown bear. How did the Leopard get his spots? How did the Elephantget his trunk? In Just So Stories Kipling wittily supplies the answers tothese and other questions. Puck of Pook's Hill relates how Dan and Una'smagical meeting with Puck, the last of the People of the Hills, leads totheir adventures with Romans and Crusaders, Saxons and Vikings... Andlater, in Rewards and Fairies, the three meet an array of charactersranging from Iron Age warriors to 'Good Queen Bess' and Sir Francis Drake.In Kipling's rattling school yarn Stalky & Co, Stalky, M'Turk and theBeetle are a trio of scallywags with a keen desire to break the rules,their unruly activities give the stories an enduring appeal to allchildren - especially those who have ever wilted beneath the stern glanceof a peevish schoolmaster. Kipling's wry, sometimes tongue-in-cheek stylewill delight and entertain young readers while adults throughout the worldwill remember his stories with affection.