This book is part of a book series called Just So Stories .

There are 160 pages in this book. This is a short story book. This book was published 1993 by Little, Brown & Company .

Neil Philip is a writer and a critic with an interest in the fairy tale. Isabelle Brent is one of the most highly-regarded illustrators working today. Rudyard Kipling died in 1936 and is buried in Westminster Abbey.