Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Comics: Tales of the World’s Wildest Beasts.

Tulien, Sean, Blake Hoena, et al.  Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Comics: Tales of the World’s Wildest Beasts.   Capstone Young Readers  2013  144p       ISBN 978-1-4342-4880-0        ms/hs     Hardback    VG-BN Graphic novel

Rudyard Kipling has written the stories of some of the animal world’s most intriguing creatures.  This book contains the stories “How the Leopard Got His Spots”, “How the Elephant Got His Trunk”, “How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin”, and “How the Camel Got His Hump.”  This is a very good graphic novel for young readers.  The colors are bright and simply blended in dramatic drawings.  The drawings themselves are simple yet effectively portray the content of the story. The format of the paperback and the visual layout within the pages add variety and insight into the world of the animals.  This book is recommended for any high-school library and will appeal to many young-adult and reluctant readers.   

Summary: A collection of Rudyard Kipling’s Just So Stories in graphic-novel format.

Legends and myths                                                 --Linda McNeil