How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin

Written by Rudyard Kipling

Narrated by Cathy Dobson

Kipling’s classic tale taken from the Just So Stories. In the old days, the Rhinoceros's skin used to fit him quite tightly... but after getting cake crumbs inside it, Rhino was forced to scratch himself - and his skin got baggier and his temper grumpier.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Red Door Consulting
• Release date: Feb 25, 2011
• ISBN: 9781467667876

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was an English author and poet who began writing in India and shortly found his work celebrated in England. An extravagantly popular, but critically polarizing, figure even in his own lifetime, the author wrote several books for adults and children that have become classics, Kim, The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, Captains Courageous and others. Although taken to task by some critics for his frequently imperialistic stance, the author’s best work rises above his era’s politics. Kipling refused offers of both knighthood and the position of Poet Laureate, but was the first English author to receive the Nobel prize.

Reviews for How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin

[antiquary_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

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,