‘One at a time is enough,’ said the ’Stute Fish. ‘Then fetch me some,’ said the Whale, and he made the sea froth up with his tail. Then the Whale stood up on his tail and said, ‘I’m hungry.’ And the small ’Stute Fish said in a small ’stute voice, ‘Noble and generous Cetacean, have you ever tasted Man?’ All the fishes he could find in all the sea he ate with his mouth-so! Till at last there was only one small fish left in all the sea, and he was a small ’Stute Fish, and he swam a little behind the Whale’s right ear, so as to be out of harm’s way. He ate the starfish and the garfish, and the crab and the dab, and the plaice and the dace, and the skate and his mate, and the mackereel and the pickereel, and the really truly twirly-whirly eel. IN the sea, once upon a time, O my Best Beloved, there was a Whale, and he ate fishes. We publish rare and vintage Golden Age illustrated books, in high-quality colour editions, so that the masterful artwork and story-telling can continue to delight both young and old. Pook Press celebrates the great ‘Golden Age of Illustration‘ in children’s classics and fairy tales – a period of unparalleled excellence in book illustration. He is most famous for his poems concerning British soldiers in India and his wonderful children's stories.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) was a seminal English writer of short stories, novelist, and poet. These wonderful tales are accompanied by beautiful illustrations by Joseph M.
This wonderful collection would make for ideal bedtime reading, and is well deserving of a place on every family bookshelf.Ĭontents include: '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', and more. These fantastically imaginative origin stories are amongst the best known of Kipling's works, and offer entertaining explanations as to how various animals came into being. This book contains Rudyard Kipling's 1902 collection of short stories, 'Just So Stories'.
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