This sumptuous new edition brings together the series of incredible tales from master storyteller Rudyard Kipling. How did the whale get his throat? Why was the lazy camel lumbered with a hump? And how did the elephant's insatiable curiosity earn him a trunk? Robert Ingpen has interpreted and enriched these imaginative tales with stunning new illustrations that will bewitch young and old alike.

 

This book is part of a book series called Templar Classics-Ingpen .

There are 192 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Templar Publishing .

Carlo Collodi was born in Florence in 1826. The Adventures of Pinocchio is his most famous work. Robert Ingpen was born in 1936 in Geelong, Australia. In 1986, he was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for his contribution to children's literature and has been honoured with Membership of the Order of Australia. Rudyard Kipling died in 1936 and is buried in Westminster Abbey.