Just So Stories
Rudyard Kipling
Read by Reynard T. Fox
The Just So Stories for Little Children, first published in 1902, were written by British author Rudyard Kipling. They are a collection of fantastic stories, typically about how various animals came to be the way they are today. (Summary by Reynard with help from Wikipedia) (3 hr 33 min)
Chapters
How the Whale got his Throat | 7:53 | Read by Reynard T. Fox |
How the Camel got his Hump | 8:53 | Read by Reynard T. Fox |
How the Rhinoceros got its Skin | 7:13 | Read by Reynard T. Fox |
How the Leopard got his Spots | 16:35 | Read by Reynard T. Fox |
The Elephant's Child | 16:56 | Read by Reynard T. Fox |
The Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo | 10:05 | Read by Reynard T. Fox |
The Beginning of the Armadillo | 19:31 | Read by Reynard T. Fox |
How the First Letter was Written | 24:10 | Read by Reynard T. Fox |
How the Alphabet was Made | 23:51 | Read by Reynard T. Fox |
The Crab that Played with the Sea | 26:04 | Read by Reynard T. Fox |
The Cat that walked by Himself | 27:45 | Read by Reynard T. Fox |
The Butterfly that Stamped | 24:23 | Read by Reynard T. Fox |
Reviews
Lovely and memorable
A LibriVox Listener
Staring at age 5, my kids have enjoyed listening to these delightful tales. They run various lengths so we'd select which to hear based on how long our drive was. Each family member has a favorite.
Needs a better reader
A LibriVox Listener
I love these stories, my mother read them to me as a child & they are charming. This reader does not do them justice.
Attila
Reader is good, but audio is too low and has a lot of background noise.
Delta Golf
A delightful reading of these classics
cadence & pronunciation is very off
EmJ
these stories have repetition and rhymn built in, it's part of their charm, they are best enjoyed orally. But the read takes akward pauses in the oddest places and stumbles over words.