The Elephant's Child
| First published | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Type | Short Fiction |
| Length | Short Story |
| Series | Just So Stories |
Synopsis
<br> in effect, How the Elephant Got Its Long Trunk
Notes
"The Elephant's Child". Copyright, 1900, by Rudyard Kipling.
(per 1912 copyright page, Just So Stories)
Published in The Ladies Home Journal, April 1900 (a US monthly), under the title "Rudyard Kipling's New Animal Stories" (cover image), as the first of three published Apr-May-Jun, {{LCCN|2007-586218}}
(this one overlooked in some Kipling bibliographies, perhaps obscured by the general title)
Published in The Windsor Magazine, February 1902 (a UK monthly)
--per Martindell, A Bibliography of the Works of Rudyard Kipling (1922) via books.google.com
Publications (38)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1902 | Just So Stories for Little Children | George N. Morang | Collection | 63 | |
| February 1902 | The Windsor Magazine, February 1902 | MAGAZINE | 333 | ||
| September 1902 |
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Just So Stories for Little Children | Macmillan and Co. | Collection | 63 |
| September 1902 | Just So Stories for Little Children | Doubleday, Page & Company | Collection | 63 | |
| 1912 |
|
Just So Stories | Doubleday, Page & Company | Collection | 63 |
| 1958 |
|
More of Kipling's Just So Stories | Caedmon | Collection | |1 |
| 1965 | Just So Stories for Little Children | Schocken Books | Collection | |5 | |
| February 1965 |
|
Just So Stories: "The Cat That Walked by Himself" and "The Elephant's Child" | Disneyland Records | Collection | |2 |
| 1973 |
|
Just So Stories: Vol. 1 | Argo (audio) | Collection | |5 |
| 1975 | Just So Stories for Little Children | Schocken Books | Collection | 63 | |
| September 1993 |
|
The Complete Just So Stories | Little, Brown | Collection | |5 |
| October 1993 |
|
The Complete Just So Stories | Viking | Collection | |5 |
| 1994 |
|
Just So Stories | Puffin | Collection | 53 |
| 1994 |
|
Just So Stories | Penguin Books | Collection | 44 |
| 2004 |
|
Just So Stories | Puffin | Collection | 53 |
| December 2006 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |5 |
| June 2007 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |5 |
| 2008 |
|
Just So Stories | Puffin | Collection | 53 |
| May 2009 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |5 |
| December 2009 |
|
Just So Stories | Transaction Large Print | Collection | |
| April 2010 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |5 |
| May 2010 | Just So Stories | Project Gutenberg | Collection | ||
| October 2010 |
|
Just So Stories | Vintage Digital | Collection | |
| October 2011 |
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Just So Stories | Wildside Press | Collection | |
| September 2012 |
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Just So Stories | Collins | Collection | |
| September 2012 |
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Just So Stories | Collins | Collection | |
| January 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | LibriVox | Collection | |5 |
| June 2013 |
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Just So Stories | Vintage Digital | Collection | |
| July 2013 |
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Just So Stories | Abela Publishing | Collection | |
| September 2013 |
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Just So Stories | Templar Publishing | Collection | |
| September 2013 |
|
Just So Stories | Vintage (UK) | Collection | 63|5 |
| November 2013 |
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Just So Stories | Palazzo Editions | Collection | |
| November 2013 |
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Just So Stories | Heritage / Egmont | Collection | |
| July 2015 |
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Just So Stories | Egmont Books | Collection | |
| August 2016 |
|
Just So Stories | Macmillan UK | Collection | |
| August 2016 |
|
Just So Stories | Macmillan UK | Collection | |
| September 2016 |
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Just So Stories | Racehorse for Young Readers | Collection | |
| September 2016 |
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Just So Stories | Pan Books | Collection |