The Just So Stories generally have the theme of a particular animal being altered from an original form to its current form by the acts of human kind or some magical being. Whale has a tiny throat because he swallowed a mariner, who tied a raft inside to block the whale from swallowing other men. The Camel has a hump given to him by a djinn as punishment for the camel's refusing to work (the hump allows the camel to work longer between times of eating). And so on throughout the book. A fun collection of stories with something for everyone

Latest episodes of the podcast Just So Stories (version 6 Dramatic Reading) by Rudyard Kipling

• Story One How the Whale got His Throat </b></font>
• Story Two How the Camel Got His Hump </b></font>
• Story Three How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin </b></font>
• Story Four How the Leopard Got His Spots </b></font>
• Story Five The Elephant's Child </b></font>
• Story Six The Sing Song of Old Man Kangaroo </b></font>
• Story Seven The Beginning of the Armadillos </b></font>
• Story Eight How the First Letter was Written </b></font>
• Story Nine How the Alphabet was Made </b></font>
• Story Ten The Crab That Played With the Sea </b></font>
• Story Eleven The Cat That Walked by Himself </b></font>
• Story Twelve The Butterfly That Stamped </b></font>