Rudyard Kipling's "The Elephant's Child"

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DATE : Fri, 05 May 2006 14:45:39 GMT
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This is one of Kipling's "Just So" stories which were written more than a hundred years ago. He occassionally intentionally mispronounces words as a child might, so you may want to be available to "interpret" for the children. There is some enthusiastic spanking and a bit of retaliation in this particular story but the fourth graders I read to had absolutely no problem with it. There is also a very unfriendly crocodile so perhaps it would be better for the littlest ones if they did not listen just before bed time. "Listen to the words and tell me what you see. Ah Ha!! Your imagination! The best multimedia system there is." Russell Howerton - Mr. H

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