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A Collection of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories
$23, amazon.com
Illustrated by Christopher Corr, Cathie Felstead, Jeff Fisher, Satoshi Kitamura, Clare Melinsky, Jane Ray, Peter Sis, and Louise Voce; Candlewick Press; ages 4 and up The Just So Stories are my candidate for the best read-alouds ever. Speaking only for myself, I can be persuaded to read "The Elephant's Child" to any company at any time, and sometimes I don't even have to be persuaded. It's at least as much fun for the reader as for the read-ee. What Candlewick Press, which appears to be dominating the classics market, has done here is put eight extremely good artists on the job, and the result is a keeper. — Summer 2006 By Daniel Pinkwater
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