Just So Stories & Other Tales

Kipling’s classic poem exploring the attributes that allow a boy to grow into a man has been reinterpreted through Smith’s artful photographs of contemporary young adults. Each action-filled image focuses on a sport for a refreshing version of an older poem.

Slightly adapted and newly illustrated, this thrilling, older tale is presented for a new generation of readers. When a mongoose washes up on the doorstep of an English family living in India, they name him Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. It is Rikki-Tikki who saves them (and other animals) from the vicious cobras who seek to do harm to them all.