When I was an infant there was no character in literature who tickled me more than the Elephant's Child, one of the heroes of Rudyard Kipling's enchanting Just So Stories. He's the animal whose ...

To tie in with Radio 4’s new series of Just So Science ... published in 1902, the stories explore fantastical origins of how animals came to be, from the elephant’s trunk to the kangaroo ...

How the Just So Stories Were Made ... Several tales, including “The Elephant’s Child”, “How the Leopard Got his Spots” and “How the Camel Got his Hump” pivot on acts of rebellion ...