From the author of The Jungle Book and Kim, Just So Stories is the perfect combination of education and fun to get kids to love reading. It is considered not only a quintessential children's book, but one of Kipling's best works. How did the elephant get its trunk? How did the leopard get its spots? And how was the alphabet made? Rudyard Kipling's classic collection of fables answers the great questions of animal and humankind in a fun, eloquent...

Having used their magic tree house to travel to India, where they must get a gift to help free the dog Teddy from a spell, Jack and Annie have adventures involving a tiger and other endangered jungle animals.

Hilda Hippo tries quieter activities when her friends are disturbed by her dancing, but nothing else makes her happy until Water Buffalo suggests swimming.

When Papa Lion threatens to eat any jungle animal who wakes Baby Leo from his nap, he finds himself getting very hungry.

"Could there be anything worse for Giraffe? Maybe being sat on by a skunk or smooshed by two hapless hippos, or worst of all--cornered by a hungry lion? No one seems to notice that Giraffe is not standing around just to be sat upon. Will he be able to find his voice and make his friends realize who he really is?"--Amazon.com.

A leopard cub stays awake while the animals in the jungle sleep the whole night through.

A butterfly tries to help a lost young monkey find its mother in the jungle, meeting many different animals along the way.

Little Monkey is very hungry, but none of the other jungle animals seems able to tell him how to peel and eat his banana.

Introduces young wildlife enthusiasts to an array of creatures in their natural habitats on the African Savannah.

Challenged by the other jungle animals for its seemingly lazy ways, a sloth living in a tree explains the many adventures of his slow and peaceful existence.