Here in this omnibus edition is a collection of the best among Rudyard Kipling’s humorous tales for children. They bear proof of Kipling’s mastery over prose and lead the little readers to a realm of laughter and amusement, with a dig at this world of pomp and strife. This edition includes The Legend of Mirth, The Taking of Lungtungpen, Moti Guj-Mutineer, My Sunday at Home, Pig, Alnaschar and the Oxen, the Bull that thought, the finances of the gods, the Master-cook, The Fabulists, Gallio’s Song and My Lord the Elephant.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Rudyard Kipling
RUDYARD KIPLING (1865-1936) was a poet, novelist and short story writer. He was born in Bombay. After his schooling in England, he moved over to India in 1882, where he began his journalistic career with Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore. By the time he returned to England in 1896, he had published many of his classic children/s stories that made him highly popular. In 1907 he was the first British author to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Besides Just So Stories, some of his other best known books for children include The Jungle Book and Kim.
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