It is HORRIBLE! I've had Audible books I didn't like. I can't believe some editor didn't correct this. Reiner never reads it the same way twice, rushing through, leaving out words, and adding the word grassy on occasion. Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2017. It is sing-songy, and the alliteration is great for a child. 12 short stories for kids-mostly tall tale answers to child-like questions. As an example, in the reading of The Elephant's Child, Kipling, when referring to the Limpopo River, repeats the phrase 'great grey green greasy Limpopo RIver, all set about with fever trees'. Second issue: Reiner does not correctly read the story. Rudyard Kiplings Just So Stories, originally published in 1902, are perennial favourites, and can be read by adults and children alike. And, Just So Stories are best read slowly, with rhythm. Most of the stories include far-fetched descriptions of how certain animals developed their peculiar physical characteristics, as in How the Leopard Got His Spots. He wrote them down for publication as the. Just So Stories, collection of children’s animal fables linked by poems by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1902. He races through the stories so fast it's sometimes hard to follow. Rudyard Kipling told his children gloriously fanciful tales of how things in the world came to be as they are. Buy Just So Stories: Rudyard Kipling (Macmillan Collectors Library, 30) Main Market by Kipling, Rudyard (ISBN: 9781909621800) from Amazons Book Store. The reading is AWFUL!!! First issue: one might think Reiner was on a clock. I've always liked Carl Reiner, so I picked this version.

My parents read it to me, and I read it to my kids.

Just so rudyard kipling