![]() ![]() ![]() Seems like the complete opposite of what you'd want to do with a decorative edition, and yet.Īnyway, pretty book with fun stories when taken with a teaspoon of salt. I've noticed similar things in a few prettified editions, like the most recent version of Neil Gaiman's. Words were missing letters, some had been broken by syllable in order to break onto the next line but they fit on a whole line even with the dash in the middle. While this book is physically beautiful-gorgeous illustrations in black and white with the occasional glossy page insert, nice thick pages-I was surprised at how sloppy the interior was. ![]() I did discover where my expectation of overt racism in The Jungle Book came from ("Malazy", really?), and while I can't say that was a happy surprise, I have always liked animal origin myths. Most of the stories include far-fetched descriptions of how certain animals developed their peculiar physical characteristics, as in How the Leopard Got His Spots. Also fun were The Beginning of Armadillos and the Sing-Song of Old Man Kangaroo. Just So Stories, collection of children’s animal fables linked by poems by Rudyard Kipling, published in 1902. Surprise, surprise, my favorite story was The Cat that Walked by Himself, one I remembered best from my past reads. I was quite surprised by how many big and not-quite-correctly used words there were, considering that I read this long enough ago that I don't remember how old I was at the time (I'm usually good at remembering that sort of thing). ![]() My parents read these to me when I was young, and I read them again when I was old enough. A short, fun read of the book I've been thinking about since I read. ![]()
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