{"product_id":"2940170164592","title":"Just So Stories (version 4)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eJust So Stories for Little Children\u003c\/em\u003e are among Kipling's best known and loved works. This recording aims to be the first complete audio book of this title with nothing left out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Nobel prize-winning author's enjoyment in playing with the sounds and meanings of words is very evident throughout, and adds to adults' enjoyment of these stories for children. This playfulness is also dramatically present in the plotting. For both reasons these stories been loved by generations of children and adults alike. Because the writing plays with sound and meaning the Just So Stories are best enjoyed when read aloud.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs we all are, Kipling was a child of his time and social setting, so for example in \"How the Leopard Got his Spots\" he uses what one recent reviewer called \"the N word\" to refer to the Ethiopian. Each listener will need to examine critically both Kipling's attitudes and their own.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis recording of the \u003cem\u003eJust So Stories\u003c\/em\u003e by Rudyard Kipling includes Kipling's descriptions of the pictures he drew for the book.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DISCOS PALMAS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47117161005296,"sku":"2940170164592","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170164592_p0.jpg?v=1772801687","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170164592","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}