How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin (1956)

by Rudyard Kipling

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Series: Just So Stories (3)

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Relates how the rhinoceros's lack of manners resulted in his baggy skin and bad temper.

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One of the Just So Stories, please review the artwork to be sure you are comfortable with it for your family. There is nudity.

FamiliesUnitedLL | Feb 28, 2024 |

I still remember "He who takes cakes/The Parsee man bakes/Makes dreadful mistakes. This was not my favorite Just So Story, but I did enjoy this version as a child with its lively illustrations. Thinking about it now, a Parsee was very unlikely to live in the Red Sea, and he would not have been the rather barbaric individual pictured here in a loincloth, (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Rudyard Kipling	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Langley, Jonathan	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
McFerrin, Bobby	Music	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Nicholson, Jack	Reader	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Raglin, Tim	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Rayner, Shoo	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Rojankovsky, Feodor	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Thorne, Jenny	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Weisgard, Leonard	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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contes senzills by Rudyard Kipling

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Jungle Book / 2nd Jungle Book / Just So Stories / Puck of Pook's Hill / Stalky and Co. / Kim by Rudyard Kipling (indirect)

The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature by Jack Zipes (indirect)

Hvordan elefanten fik sin lange snabel og andre fortællinger by Rudyard Kipling

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How the Rhino Got His Skin (Usborne First Reading) by Rosie Dickins

How the Rhino Got His Skin (Usborne Picture Books) by Rosie Dickins

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The Best Children's Books of the Year (Welcome Reprints and New Editions – 1974)

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Once upon a time, on an uninhabited island on the shores of the Red Sea, there lived a Parsee from whose hat the rays of the sun were reflected in more-than-oriental splendour.

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