by Rudyard Kipling · Hachette · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782013223997
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«Histoires comme ça» is a book of humorous stories by Rudyard Kipling, published by Hachette in paperback (216 pages, in French).
With an ironic and accessible tone, Kipling invents fantastic explanations for the origins of animals' peculiarities: the whale's bristles, the camel's hump, the rhinoceros's wrinkled skin, and the leopard's spots. The edition also includes stories about how the first letter was written and the birth of the alphabet, with illustrations by Kipling himself.
Original title: «Just So Stories» (1902). French edition translated by Laurence Kiefé, in the Livre de Poche Jeunesse collection.
Recommended for young readers aged 8 to 12 and for those wishing to approach Kipling's short fiction in French.
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English journalist, novelist, poet and short-story writer. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.
