Just So Stories (Abridged) Audiobook

" Book on CD with the 4 year old. Jim Weiss narrating. "

" Just So Stories is written from the child's-eye point of view, of a loving parent telling of a fantastical land near the beginning of time. They each have a "moral of the story" and are SO fun to read aloud, giving each character (including the narrator) a different, emphatic voice. "

" just so amazing. i loved them when i was little and i love them still. "

" These were cute. I wish my son was younger and I could have read them outloud though! I liked the first half much better though. "

" i forgot how much i love these stories! they are so much fun and i enjoy how he makes up wonderful odd reasons for why things are the way they are. It was very fun reading them again, and the boys enjoyed them, especially the "best beloved" part. "

" I loved this book as a kid. My favorite story was of how the elephant got his long trunk. "

" This is one of my all time favorites. I still love to read the stories aloud to my grandchildren. "

" Me and my 7-year old son loved this book for bedtime stories. The audiobook is fun to listen to, also. "

" The language in this book is beautiful (and sometimes difficult to read aloud). We loved it...except the alphabet story that was so long and drawn out. "

" read to me when i was small "

" These were fun. I read them to Emmett, Mariah and Eden. My favorite story is "How the Camel got his Hump". "

" Rudyard Kipling really knows how to create stories that are based on nature. His creativity, style and wit seems to match every story that he makes and captures the innocence, history, culture, humor and significance of that story. "

" My mother read these stories to me as a child. I love these. I found my vintage copy on ebay. "

" I read this to my son before he knew how to read. He was, and still is, my best beloved. "

" There's something addictive about Kipling's fun, repetitive imaginings about animals and their origins. They have me inventing new stories for my favorite creatures and revisiting my ideas about creation and desire. "

" A little too cute, a little too paternalistic, colonial, sexist, all that stuff, but with very funny moments. "

" These are fictional stories of how things were created and then changed. "

" This book explains why cats can be so damn cranky and cold. "

" this is the most lovable, timeless book ever. make sure you're reading an edition with kipling's illustrations - they're precious. and if you're reading this aloud, you'd better use different voices. "

" I like some of the stories, but the others were just so-so. Kipling's imagination blew me away sometimes. I also love the illustrations, they're really good! "

" Nobody does it like Rudyard! "

" Very enjoyable. Would be fun to read out loud. The pictures are great! But not in this version. I had borrowed a friend's nice copy, in which the pictures were nice and clear. "

" It shows its age but it is certainly well worth reading. Kipling had a lot of opportunity to observe what he is writing about. "

" I love stories that tell you why things are so. "

" I read these to my children and we all enjoyed them. "

" This is a positively charming little book! The stories are told in such a childlike fashion yet use such a wide, cultured vocabulary and perfectly illustrate some of the deep truths of life in general. A must-read for all ages. "

" Starting to reread this one to my son as my dad read to me a few years back. "

" One of my favorites childhood book (and memories). "

" Whimsical, delightful. "The Cat Who Walked By Himself" remains a lifelong favorite. "

" I was glad to have finally read these. We read them to Anna. She enjoyed them, but the language was hard to understand at times and sometimes difficult to read aloud. I read that to hear Kipling tell them was much better than to read them. I imagine he was a great storyteller. "

" My absolute favourite childhood stories which I still love to this day. I can recite the beginning of the armadillos by heart! "

" I loved this book, I can't believe that I missed this one as a child. It is probably one of my favorite children's books of all time. "

" In third grade, my teacher read us 'The Elephant's Child' one day after recess. That night at dinner, I recited the entire thing to my parents. And so began my love for the Just So Stories (and the discovery of my freakishly good memory). "

" Very lovely fables with a refreshingly different(to the U.S. reader) vocabulary. Some were a lot of fun. Some were a little dull, but overall, a quaint, enjoyable read. "

" We read these as bed time stories and my kids were very good about getting into their beds and laying down so that I could read them a couple of stories. They are pretty short, so we would usually read 2-3 a night. We finished the book in about 5 days stretching it out. "

" this is a fabulous book and I highly recommend it to everyone...this is one to keep on the bookshelf and to put in the purse when your traveling with kids....I simplify the language a little so my children listen to it... "