Animal stories /
retold from the classic originals by Diane Namm ; illustrated by Eric Freeberg.
- New York : Sterling, c2010.
- 150 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Classic starts .
- Classic starts. .
"Just so" stories / by Rudyard Kipling. How the elephant got his trunk ; How the camel got his hump ; How the rhinoceros got his skin ; How the leopard got his spots ; How the whale got his throat ; The beginning of the armadillos -- Stories by Hans Christian Andersen. The leap-frog ; The wild swans -- Dog stories. A dog's tale / by Mark Twain ; Brown wolf / by Jack London -- Stories from "Queer Little Folks" / by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The squirrels that live in a house ; Mother Magpie's mischief.
An abridged retelling of a dozen stories about animals from well-known authors.