A classic collection of gloriously fanciful tales of how things in the world came to be as they are.

This collection includes the story of how the lazy camel found himself with a hump and how the insatiable curiosity of the elephant earned him his long trunk.

It reveals how the whale was given a throat, and why every rhinoceros has great folds in his skin and a very bad temper.

We also find out about the cunning cat that walked by itself, and how clever little Taffy and her Daddy Tegumai made the first alphabet.

Conjuring up distant lands and exotic jungles, they are bewitching for both children and adults.