Just So Stories: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Just So Stories, credited to Rudyard Kipling, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox public domain recording of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories read by Reynard and his Dad. 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) For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org.

Recording facts

• Recording title: Just So Stories
• Author credits: Rudyard Kipling
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 3:33:01

Catalogue topics

• children
• stories
• animals

Track guide

1. 01 - How the Whale Got His Throat — 7:53
2. 02 - How the Camel Got His Hump — 8:54
3. 03 - How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin — 7:13
4. 04 - How the Leopard Got His Spots — 16:35
5. 05 - The Elephant's Child — 16:56
6. 06 - The Sing Song of Old Man Kangaroo — 10:05
7. 07 - The Beginning of the Armadillos — 19:32
8. 08 - How The First Letter was Written — 24:11
9. 09 - How The Alphabet Was Made — 23:52
10. 10 - The Crab That Played With The Sea — 26:05
11. 11 - The Cat That Walked By Himself — 27:45
12. 12 - The Butterfly That Stamped — 24:24

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