Kipling, Rudyard

A courageous mongoose thwarts the evil plans of Nag and Nagaina, two big black cobras who live in the garden.

Relates how the rhinoceros's lack of manners resulted in his baggy skin and bad temper.

Relates how the greyish-yellowish-brownish leopard came by his spots.

Because of his "'satiable curtiosity" about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child acquired, and all elephants thereafter have had, a long trunk.

Relates how a clever little fish and a mariner of "infinite-resource-and-sagacity" modify the whale's throat to keep him from devouring all the fish in the ocean.

When a cave man's spear breaks while fishing, his daughter composes the world's first letter and sends it home to her mother requesting the delivery of a new spear.

While on a fishing trip, a cave man and his daughter devise the first written alphabet.

Presents the adventures of a young boy raised by the animals in an Indian jungle.

An illustrated edition of the classic poem, in which a British soldier recalls his experiences in the army in India and pays homage to the courage of the Indian water carrier Gunga Din.