Just So Stories (Selected): Six Classic fables from Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories, read by Johnny Morris.
| 214 of 217 people found the following review helpful  Listen and enjoy ( and remember Animal Magic!), By This review is from: Just So Stories (Selected) (BBC Audio) (Audio CD) I'd always enjoyed being read and later reading myself the Just So Stories. With children of my own I started them on these stories and having a cd of them means we can enjoy them on the move. The joy of hearing Jonnie Morris' super animal voice characterisations just adds to the enjoyment - takes me back to watching Animal Magic - deep joy!Four year old daughter enjoys listening to the stories but my nine year old son has become a great fan - this now regularly is on his cd player in his room. Buy this and you'll all be able to listen together and enjoy. 49 of 51 people found the following review helpful A book that begs to be read aloud, By W. Weinstein "William Weinstein" (London, UK) - See all my reviews This review is from: Just So Stories (Everyman's Library Children's Classics) (Hardcover) Kipling's classic volume of stories concerns the great questions of history; How the Whale got his Throat, How the Camel got his Hump, How the Alphabet was Made and many other thorny dilemmas. The language is sophisticated yet often whimsical and children love to hear the words read aloud. It is tempting to scan ahead and change things, substitute more contemporary phrases for the old but, if you can, resist the urge. Kipling was a master of the language. His writing is balanced and fluid and while it may seem dated when taken piece by piece, its sum is far greater than its parts. Read The Cat that Walked by Himself and you will never look at your own pet in quite the same way again. 27 of 28 people found the following review helpful  Just So Good, By This review is from: Just So Stories (Selected) (BBC Audio) (Audio CD) My 3 and 5 year old boys love listening to these Just So Stories in the car or in bed. The stories themselves are engaging and entertaining and Johnny Morris reads them very expressively, as those of us who grew up watching him on TV would expect. I would have rated it 5 stars but felt that there could have been more of the Just So stories on the disc. |
