Frank Carlson Library

A butterfly and his wife help a mighty king control his quarreling wives.

How did the cat finds its place on our heathrug, without losing its independence or performing any notable service?

Relates how the leopard got his spotted coat in order to hunt the animals in the dappled shadows of the forest.

While on a fishing trip, a cave man and his daughter devise the first written alphabet.

Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories is one of the best-loved story collections ever written for children. Now Ian Wallace, one of Canada's most accomplished children's book illustrators, reinterprets the famous tales with his vibrant art, bringing Kipling to a whole new generation of young readers. Kipling wrote the stories for his young daughter, who would only sleep if they were told "just so." The first edition was published in Great Britain in 1902,...

Originally the elephant had a short nose the size of a boot, flexible but useless for grasping things. One little elephant was insatiably inquisitive. He asked so many questions that all his relations spanked him.