Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_So_Stories

Release date is 2010-05-23

How the Whale got his throat -- How the Camel got his hump -- How the Rhinoceros got his skin -- How the Leopard got his spots -- The Elephant's Child -- The sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo -- The beginning of the Armadillos -- How the first letter was written -- How the alphabet was made -- The Crab that played with the sea -- The Cat that walked by himself -- The Butterfly that stamped.

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"Just So Stories" by Rudyard Kipling is a collection of origin stories published in 1902. These whimsical tales explain how animals acquired their distinctive features—from the leopard's spots to the elephant's trunk to the camel's hump. Beginning as bedtime stories told to his daughter that had to be recounted "just so," Kipling crafted fantastical accounts where magical beings and humans transform creatures through curious encounters. Illustrated by Kipling himself, these stories blend playful storytelling with imaginative explanations of the natural world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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