Animal Books (Fiction)

A Newbery Honor Book and Winner of the Christopher Award: A young boy fires a forbidden rifle-and must face the consequences. Ned Wallis's minister father made him promise not to touch the rifle until he turns fourteen. But the eleven-year-old can't resist sneaking outside and trying it out, just once. Ned takes aim, and fires-just as a dark shadow passes in front of him. When he looks up, a flickering face passes across the attic window. Someone...

How did the camel get its hump? Why won't cats do as they're told? How did an inquisitive little elephant change the lives of elephants everywhere? Kipling's imagined answers to such questions draw on the beast fables of India, and they are full of jokes, subtexts, and exotic references. This fully illustrated edition of this classic includes two extra stories and Kipling's own explanation of the title.