The elephant's child - Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling's delightful 'Just So' story, telling how the elephant got his trunk, is given a stunning new interpretation by a top artist. The Elephant's Child, is filled with "'satiable curiosity", that is forever getting him in trouble with the other animals. So one day he sets off to discover for himself what the Crocodile has for dinner. He leaves his uncles and aunts behind and journeys to the grey-green, greasy Limpopo River... There his curiosity almost gets him into more trouble than ever before, but also earns him a new and very useful nose that is soon the envy of the other animals!



Geoffrey Patterson has abridged the original text for a younger audience, giving it a fresh, accessible feel, appropriate for a new generation of readers, without losing any of Kipling's much-loved turns of phrase. Elegant and whimsical illustrations also give a new and vibrant look to a classic story.